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Job 5:13

Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness,.... As beasts are taken in a pit, or birds in a snare or net, or with birdlime; so these crafty men, who are wise in their own opinion, and really so in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness - This passage is quoted by the apostle Paul in 1Co 3:19, with the usual formula in referring to the Old Testament, γέγραπται γάρ gegraptai gar, “for it is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

in their own craftiness Quoted by St Paul, 1Co 3:19. This is the only quotation from the Book of Job in the New Testament, though Rom 11:35 seems a reminiscence of Job 41:11; Php 1:19 contains…