Job 5:13

Job 5:13 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

13He catches the wise in their craftiness,

and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

13“He captures the wise by their own cleverness,

And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

13“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,

And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted. [1 Cor 3:19, 20]

13He catches the wise in their craftiness,

and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness;

And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

13He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

13He takes the wise in their own craftiness;

the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

13Some people think they are so wise.

But God catches them in their own tricks.

He sweeps away the evil plans of sinful people.

13When wise people try to do clever things,

he causes those things to give them trouble.

He quickly stops their clever ideas.

13Capturing the wise in their subtlety, || And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,