Job 5:13

King James Version (KJV)

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

In context

11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

KJV King James Version: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
WEB World English Bible: He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
ASV American Standard Version: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
DBY Darby Translation: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
WBS Webster Bible: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.