Job 5:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּרַר
pârar
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
עָרַם
ʻâram
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
תּוּשִׁיָּה
tûwshîyâh
support or (by implication) ability, i.e. (direct) help, (in purpose) an undertaking, (intellectual) understanding
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּרַר pârar
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
Study H6565 →תּוּשִׁיָּה tûwshîyâh
support or (by implication) ability, i.e. (direct) help, (in purpose) an undertaking, (intellectual) understanding
Study H8454 →עָרַם ʻâram
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
Study H6191 →מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
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And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
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