Job 5:12-14

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹²He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise or anything of [lasting] worth.

¹³He catches the [so-called] wise in their own trickiness, and the counsel of the schemers is brought to a quick end.^(A)

¹⁴In the daytime they meet in darkness, and at noon they grope as in the night.

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Job 5:12-14

New International Version

¹²He thwarts the plans^(A) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.^(B)
¹³He catches the wise^(C) in their craftiness,^(D)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.^(E)
¹⁴Darkness^(F) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(G)