Then someone told David saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Adonai, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
Job 5:13 - Tree of Life Version Who catches the clever in their craftiness, and thwarts the plan of the cunning. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Then someone told David saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Adonai, please 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—I was your father’s servant from then, but now I will be your servant,’ then you can thwart Ahithophel’s counsel for me.
Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, went to his home in his hometown set his house in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
But when it came to the king’s attention, he issued a written edict that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. (
For your iniquity prompts your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Therefore people fear Him; He does not regard all the wise of heart.”
With the loyal You deal loyally. With the blameless You are blameless.
Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah
For the devious are detestable to Adonai, but He takes the upright into His confidence.
The spirit of Egypt will drain within it, and I will confuse its counsel. So they will resort to idols, charmers, mediums and familiar spirits.
causing the omens of boasters to fail, making fools of diviners, turning wise men backward and making their knowledge foolish,
Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”
About Edom, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Is counsel lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
How can you say, ‘We are wise! The Torah of Adonai is with us’? In fact, it is the lying pen of the scribes that have made it a lie.
The wise men will be put to shame— shattered, trapped. Look! They have rejected Adonai’s word, so what wisdom do they have?
Thus says Adonai: “Let not the wise boast in his wisdom nor the mighty boast in his might nor the rich glory in his riches.
When the donkey saw the angel of Adonai, she pressed against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam continued beating her.
He has displayed power with His arm. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written, “He catches the clever in their craftiness.”