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He takes the wise in their own craftiness; The counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
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God's Poetic Justice
Commentators explain that this verse describes a universal principle: God ensures that the cunning and crafty are often caught in their own traps. Scholars point to biblical examples like Haman, who was hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai. This serves as a warning that deceitful plans ultimately lead to self-destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He takes the wise in their own craftiness - This passage is quoted by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:19, with the …
19th Century
Anglican
He taketh the wise. —St. Paul quotes the former half of this verse in his warning to the Corinthians ([Reference 1 Corint…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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Eliphaz reminds Job that no affliction comes by chance, nor is it to be attributed to secondary causes. The occurrence of prosperity and adversity …
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz proposed that everything that happens on earth has a specific cause. He proved this by observing that natural things appear to be directed …
