What does Job 5:12 mean?

Job 5:12 highlights themes such as wisdom, divine-intervention, justice when read in context.

How should I apply Job 5:12 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

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Proverbs 21:30
Both verses emphasize that human plans cannot succeed against God's wisdom.
Isaiah 29:15
This verse warns against the crafty who think they can hide their plans from God.
1 Corinthians 3:19
Paul reminds us that the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God.