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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 that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work. (Neh. 4:15)
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or, anything

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disappointeth.
Job 12:16‑17• 16With him [are] strength and wisdom,{HR}His the deceived and the deceiver,
 17Leading counselors away spoiled,{HR}And judges he maketh foolish; (Job 12:16‑17)
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Neh. 4:15• 15And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work. (Neh. 4:15)
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Psa. 33:10‑11• 10Jehovah hath made void the counsel of the Gentiles;{HR}He hath frustrated the devices of the peoples .
 11The counsel of Jehovah shall stand forever,{HR}The devices 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,{HR}But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous. (Psa. 37:17)
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Prov. 21:30• 30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding{HR}Nor counsel against Jehovah. (Prov. 21:30)
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Isa. 8:10• 10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand; for God [is] with us [Immanuel]. (Isa. 8:10)
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Isa. 19:3• 3And the spirit of Egypt shall be made void in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and unto the conjurers, and unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the soothsayers. (Isa. 19:3)
their hands.
Psa. 21:11• 11For they stretched out evil over thee,{HR}They have devised a wicked device; they are not able. (Psa. 21:11)
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Isa. 37:36• 36And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses. (Isa. 37:36)
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Acts 12:11• 11And Peter, on coming to himself, said, Now I know truly that [the] Lord sent forth his angel and took me out of Herod's hand and 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 the Jews, having made a combination, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
 13And those that made the conspiracy were more than forty,
 14who therefore came to the high priests and the elders, and said, We have put ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye, with the council, signify to the commander that he bring him down unto you as though ye would judge his cause more exactly. But we, before he come near, are ready to slay him.
 16But Paul's sister's son heard of the ambush, and having come and entered into the castle, he reported it to Paul.
 17And Paul called to [him] one of the centurions and said, Bring this young man to the commander; for he hath something to report to him.
 18He therefore took and brought him to the commander, and saith, The prisoner Paul called me to [him] and asked me to bring this young man to thee, as he hath something to say to thee.
 19And the commander took him by the hand, and going aside privately asked, What is that which you have to report to me?
 20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.
 21Do not thou therefore yield to them, for there lie in ambush for him more than forty men of them, who put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink, till they have slain him; and now they are ready looking for the promise from thee.
 22So the commander let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou didst show these things unto 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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He breaketh to pieces the devices of the crafty,{HR}So that they can do nothing to purpose;