Job 5:12
Strong's Lexicon
He thwarts
מֵ֭פֵר (mê·p̄êr)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6565: 1) to break, frustrate 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to break, violate 1a2) to frustrate, make ineffectual 1b) (Hophal) 1b1) to be frustrated 1b2) to be broken 1b3) to break 1c) (Pilpel) to break to bits, shatter 2) to split, divide 2a) (Qal) to split, crack through 2b) (Poel) to break apart 2c) (Hithpoel) to be split, be cracked through

the schemes
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4284: 1) thought, device 1a) thought 1b) device, plan, purpose 1c) invention

of the crafty,
עֲרוּמִ֑ים (‘ă·rū·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6175: 1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible 1a) crafty 1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent

so that their hands
יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם (yə·ḏê·hem)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

find
תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה (ṯa·‘ă·śe·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

no
וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

success.
תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ (tū·šî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8454: 1) wisdom, sound knowledge, success, sound or efficient wisdom, abiding success 1a) sound or efficient wisdom 1b) abiding success (of the effect of sound wisdom)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

Young's Literal Translation
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no  success.

New American Standard Bible
"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.

King James Bible
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

New Living Translation
He frustrates the plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed.

English Standard Version
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

New American Standard Bible
"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.

King James Bible
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success.

International Standard Version
He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.

NET Bible
He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

American Standard Version
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

English Revised Version
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Young's Literal Translation
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
















Cross References
Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Psalm 33:10
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Isaiah 44:25
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Jeremiah 8:8
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

Obadiah 1:8
Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 5:11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

Job 5:10
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

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