He takes the wise in their own craftiness - This passage is quoted by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:19, with the …

He taketh the wise. —St. Paul quotes the former half of this verse in his warning to the Corinthians ([Reference 1 Corint…

He takes the wise in their own craftiness
As beasts are taken in a pit, or birds in a snare or net, or with birdlime…

Eliphaz reminds Job that no affliction comes by chance, nor is it to be attributed to secondary causes. The occurrence of prosperity and adversity …

Eliphaz proposed that everything that happens on earth has a specific cause. He proved this by observing that natural things appear to be directed …