Job 5:12
“Hee disappointeth the deuices of the craftie, so that their hands cannot performe their enterprise.”
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Job 5:12 Context
10Who giueth raine vpon the earth, and sendeth waters vpon the fields: 11To set vp on high those that be low; that those which mourne, may be exalted to safetie. 12Hee disappointeth the deuices of the craftie, so that their hands cannot performe their enterprise. 13He taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse: and the counsell of the froward is caried headlong. 14They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope in the noone day as in the night.
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He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
- King James Version
"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
- Basic English Bible
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
- Darby Bible
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- Webster's Bible
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
- World English Bible
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible