Job 5:13 meaning and explanation

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Job 5:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Eliphaz is speaking to Job, defending his claim that suffering comes to the wicked and that Job should appeal to God. In this line he praises God's justice: the clever schemer may plan carefully, but God turns the scheme back on the planner, so that human wisdom collapses under its own weight.

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