Job 5:13
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
מָהַר
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
לָכַד
who catches
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לָכַד
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
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פָּתַל
tortuous people
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פָּתַל
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
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חָכָם
wise people
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חָכָם
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
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