Job 5:12 KJV
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job 5:12, King James Version
In context
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Cross-references
- Psalms 21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
- Psalms 33:10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
- Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.