Job 5:13 - New International Reader's Version

¹³ Some people think they are so wise. But God catches them in their own tricks. He sweeps away the evil plans of sinful people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: And the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ He catches the [so-called] wise in their own trickiness, and the counsel of the schemers is brought to a quick end. [I Cor. 3:19, 20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Common English Bible

¹³ trapping the wise in their cleverness so that the plans of the devious don’t succeed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked.

Job 5:13 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

David had been told, “Ahithophel, along with Absalom, is one of the people making secret plans against you.” So David prayed, “Lord, make Ahithophel’s advice look foolish.”

2 Samuel 15:34

So return to the city. Say to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I’ll be your servant. In the past, I was your father’s servant. But now I’ll be your servant.’ If you do that, you can help me by making sure Ahithophel’s advice fails.

2 Samuel 17:23

Ahithophel saw that his advice wasn’t being followed. So he put a saddle on his donkey. He started out for his house in his hometown. When he arrived, he made everything ready for his death. He made out his will. Then he killed himself. And so he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Esther 7:10

So they did. And they used the pole Haman had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger calmed down.

Esther 9:25

But the king had found out about Haman’s evil plan. So the king had sent out written orders. He had ordered that Haman’s evil plan against the Jews should happen to him instead. The king also commanded that poles be stuck through the dead bodies of Haman and his sons. Then they should be set up where everyone could see them.

Job 15:5

Your sin makes you say evil things. You talk like people who twist the truth.

Job 37:24

That’s why they have respect for him. He cares about all those who are wise.”

Psalm 18:26

To those who are pure you show that you are pure. But to those whose paths are crooked you show that you are clever.

Psalm 9:17

Sinful people go down to the place of the dead. So do all the nations that forget God.

Proverbs 3:32

The Lord really hates sinful people. But he makes honest people his closest friends.

Isaiah 19:3

The people of Egypt will lose hope. I will keep them from doing what they plan to do. They will ask their gods for advice. They will turn to the spirits of dead people for help. They will go to people who get messages from those who have died. They will ask for advice from people who talk to the spirits of the dead.

Isaiah 44:25

“Some prophets are not really prophets at all. I show that their signs are fake. I make those who practice evil magic look foolish. I destroy the learning of those who think they are wise. Their knowledge does not make any sense at all.

Jeremiah 18:18

They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

Jeremiah 49:7

Here is what the Lord says about Edom. The Lord who rules over all says, “Isn’t there wisdom in the town of Teman anymore? Can’t those who are wise give advice? Has their wisdom disappeared completely?

Jeremiah 8:8

“ ‘ “How can you people say, ‘We are wise. We have the law of the Lord’? Actually, the teachers of the law have told lies about it. Their pens have not written what is true.

Jeremiah 8:9

Those who think they are wise will be put to shame. They will become terrified. They will be trapped. They have not accepted my message. So what kind of wisdom do they have?

Jeremiah 9:22

Say, “The Lord announces, “ ‘Dead bodies will be like human waste lying in the open fields. They will lie there like grain that is cut down at harvest time. No one will gather them up.’ ”

Numbers 22:25

The donkey saw the angel of the Lord. So it moved close to the wall. It crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he hit the donkey again.

Luke 1:51

He has done mighty things with his powerful arm. He has scattered those who are proud in their deepest thoughts.

1 Corinthians 3:19

The wisdom of this world is foolish in God’s eyes. It is written, “God catches wise people in their own evil plans.” (Job 5:13)