Job 5:12

Job 5:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12He thwarts the plans of the crafty,

so that their hands achieve no success.

12“He frustrates the schemes of the shrewd,

So that their hands cannot attain success.

12He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,

So that their hands cannot attain success.

12“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,

So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.

12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty,

so that their hands find no success.

12He stops the evil plans of those who are clever.

The work of their hands doesn’t succeed.