Job 5:13 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Job 5:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 5:136 words

HebrewMeaning

לֹכֵ֣דlōkēd

catchverbH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

חֲכָמִ֣יםḥăkāmiym

cunningadjH2450

subtil · wise · man)

בְּ/עָרְמָ֑/םbəʿārəmām

craftinesspronH6193

וַ/עֲצַ֖תwaʿăṣat

adviceconjH6098

advisement · counsel) · purpose

נִפְתָּלִ֣יםnipətāliym

frowardverbH6617

shew self unsavoury · wrestle

נִמְהָֽרָהniməhārāh

be carried headlongverbH4116

fearful · (cause to make · in · make) haste(-n ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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