With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 15:31 - New Revised Standard Version Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves; for emptiness will be their recompense. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: For vanity shall be his recompence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let him not deceive himself and trust in vanity (emptiness, falseness, and futility), for these shall be his recompense [for such living]. American Standard Version (1901) Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense. Common English Bible They shouldn’t trust in what has no worth, for their reward will be worthless. Catholic Public Domain Version He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price. |
With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”
No one brings suit justly, no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, conceiving mischief and begetting iniquity.
Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away.
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, foreigners would devour it.
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.