Catholic Public Domain Version
"He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse. "
— Job 5:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. ”
“He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.”
“He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.”
“Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:”
“He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.”
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night.
Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.