Job 5:12 Meaning and Explanation
“He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz affirms that God frustrates the schemes of the cunning so their plans fail.
What Does Job 5:12 Mean?
Eliphaz turns from God's care for the lowly to His power over the proud. God thwarts the plots of the crafty, so that their scheming hands cannot accomplish what they set out to do. The clever are not beyond His reach.
Here is assurance for all who feel small before the cunning of the powerful. No conspiracy succeeds against the will of God; the cleverest design unravels in His hands. The Scriptures repeat this comfort often, that the schemes of the wicked come to nothing while the counsel of the Lord stands forever. We may entrust even our enemies' plans to the God who quietly overturns them.
Job 5:12 in the Original Language
arum (עָרוּם), 'crafty' -- shrewd or cunning, here in a scheming and self-serving sense.
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What does Job 5:12 mean?
Eliphaz affirms that God frustrates the schemes of the cunning so their plans fail.