Job 5:13 - Easy To Read Version

¹³ God catches even wise people\par in their own traps.\par So those clever plans are not successful.\par

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 15:31

A person told David, “Ahithophel is one of the people who made plans with Absalom.” Then David prayed, “Lord, I ask you to make Ahithophel’s advice useless.”

2 Samuel 15:34

But if you go back to Jerusalem, you can make Ahithophel’s advice become useless. Tell Absalom, ‘King, I am your servant. I served your father, but now I will serve you.’

2 Samuel 17:23

Ahithophel saw that the Israelites did not accept his advice. Ahithophel put a saddle on his donkey and went back to his home town. He made plans for his family and then he hanged himself. After Ahithophel died, the people buried him in his father’s tomb. [101]

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.

Esther 9:25

Haman did those things, but Esther went to talk to the king. So he sent out new commands. These commands not only ruined Haman’s plans, but these commands caused those bad things to happen to Haman and his family! So Haman and his sons were hung on the posts.

Job 15:5

The things you say\par clearly show your sin.\par Job, you are trying to hide your sin\par by using clever words.\par

Job 37:24

That is why people respect God.\par But God doesn’t respect proud people\par that think they are wise.”\par

Psalm 18:26

Lord, you are good and pure\par to people that are good and pure.\par But, you can outsmart\par the meanest and sneakiest people.\par

Psalm 9:17

People who forget God are bad.\par They will go to the place of death.\par

Proverbs 3:32

Why? Because the Lord hates evil people and he supports good, honest people.

Isaiah 19:3

The people of Egypt will be confused. The people will ask their false gods and wise men what they should do. The people will ask their wizards and magicians. But their advice will be worthless.”

Isaiah 44:25

False prophets {\cf2\super [397]} tell lies, but the Lord shows their lies are false. The Lord makes foolish people of the men that do magic. The Lord confuses even wise men. They think they know much, but the Lord makes them look foolish.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the enemies of Jeremiah said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. And the advice from the wise men will still be with us. We will still have the words of the prophets. So let us tell lies about him. That will ruin him. We will not pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 49:7

This message is about Edom.

Jeremiah 8:8

“You keep saying,\par ‘We have the Lord’s teachings!\par So we are wise!’\par But that is not true.\par Why? Because the scribes {\cf2\super [69]} \par have lied with their pens.\par

Jeremiah 8:9

Those ‘wise people’ refused to listen\par to the Lord’s teachings.\par So they are not really wise people at all.\par Those ‘wise people’ were trapped.\par They became shocked and ashamed.\par

Jeremiah 9:22

“Jeremiah, say these things:\par ‘The Lord says,\par Dead bodies will lie in the fields\par like dung.\par Their bodies will lie on the ground\par like grain a farmer has cut.\par But there will be no one to gather them.’”\par

Numbers 22:25

Again the donkey saw the Lord’s angel. So the donkey walked very close to one wall. This crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam hit his donkey again.

Luke 1:51

God reached out his arm\par and showed his power:\par He scattered those people that are proud\par and think great things about themselves.\par

1 Corinthians 3:19

Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. It is like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [21]} say, “He (God) catches the wise (smart) people when they use their sneaky ways.” {\cf2\super [22]}