Job 5:13

“who catches the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is rushed headlong.”
Job 5:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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who catchesלֹכֵדthe wiseחֲכָמִיםin their craftiness,בְּעָרְמָםand the counselוַעֲצַתof the twistedנִפְתָּלִיםis rushed headlong.נִמְהָרָה

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 3:19

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Paul quotes the first half of Job 5:13, from a speech of Eliphaz.

Formula: γέγραπται γάρ “for it is written” (1 Corinthians 3:19)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἡ γὰρ σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου μωρία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν γέγραπται γάρ Ὁ δρασσόμενος τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה

Septuagint (Job 5:13 in the Septuagint numbering): ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ φρονήσει. βουλὴν δὲ πολυπλόκων ἐξέστησεν·

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Job 5:13, word by word

who catchesלֹכֵדloched

be snared

To be snared.

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the wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim

wise

Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.

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in their craftinessעָרְמָarma

cunning

Cunning: the skill of getting what one wants by craft.

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and the counselעֲצַתatsat

plan

What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.

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of the twistedנִפְתָּלִיםniftalim

be crooked

To be crooked; to deal shrewdly with the crooked.

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is rushed headlongנִמְהָרָהnimhara

rush

To act without thinking in haste, or be swept along by fear.

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 3:19

Paul quotes the first half of Job 5:13, from a speech of Eliphaz.

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Job 5:13

¹³who catches the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is rushed headlong.

1 Corinthians 3:19

¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;

The context

12who frustrates the thoughts of the crafty, so that their hands do not achieve success;

13 · This verse (above)

14By day they meet darkness, and as at night they grope at noon.

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