David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
Job 5:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: And the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. Common English Bible trapping the wise in their cleverness so that the plans of the devious don’t succeed. Catholic Public Domain Version He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked. |
David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that the wicked plot that he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hung on the pole.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Therefore mortals fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.”
with the pure you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.
the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their plans; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead and the ghosts and the familiar spirits;
who frustrates the omens of soothsayers and makes fools of diviners; who turns back the wise and makes their knowledge foolish;
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”
Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us,” when, in fact, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie?
The wise shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom is in them?
Speak! Thus says the Lord: “Human corpses shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves behind the reaper, and no one shall gather them.”
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it scraped against the wall and scraped Balaam’s foot against the wall, so he struck it again.
He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”