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Job 5

Job 5:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Het disappointeth
parar (Hebrew #6565)
to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate
KJV usage: X any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, X clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, X utterly, make void.
Pronounce: paw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
the devices
machashabah (Hebrew #4284)
from 2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
KJV usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
Pronounce: makh-ash-aw-baw'
Origin: or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}
of the crafty
`aruwm (Hebrew #6175)
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV usage: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Pronounce: aw-room'
Origin: passive participle of 6191
, so that their hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
cannot perform
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
βtheir enterprise
tuwshiyah (Hebrew #8454)
from an unused root probably meaning to substantiate; support or (by implication) ability, i.e. (direct) help, (in purpose) an undertaking, (intellectual) understanding
KJV usage: enterprise, that which (thing as it) is, substance, (sound) wisdom, working.
Pronounce: too-shee-yaw'
Origin: or tushiyah { too-shee-yaw'}
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Neh. 4:15• 15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. (Neh. 4:15)
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or, anything

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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disappointeth.
Job 12:16‑17• 16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
 17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. (Job 12:16‑17)
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Neh. 4:15• 15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. (Neh. 4:15)
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Psa. 33:10‑11• 10The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
 11The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. (Psa. 33:10‑11)
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Psa. 37:17• 17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. (Psa. 37:17)
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Prov. 21:30• 30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. (Prov. 21:30)
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Isa. 8:10• 10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. (Isa. 8:10)
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Isa. 19:3• 3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. (Isa. 19:3)
their hands.
Psa. 21:11• 11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. (Psa. 21:11)
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Isa. 37:36• 36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (Isa. 37:36)
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Acts 12:11• 11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. (Acts 12:11)
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Acts 23:12‑22• 12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
 13And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
 14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
 15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
 16And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
 17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
 18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
 19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
 20And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
 21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
 22So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast showed these things to me. (Acts 23:12‑22)
their enterprise.
or, anything.
• {v.12-16} There may, or may not, be insinuations of craftiness in Job in this part; probably not. Eliphaz is formulating his theory, “Be good, and you will be happy in the long run.” (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.