Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Note d'étude
Study Note
Eliphaz's observation 'he taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong' is cited by Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:19 to support the claim that 'the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.' The irony of Paul's citation — Eliphaz is one of Job's three friends whose theological counsel God ultimately condemns (Job 42:7) — makes the quotation doubly pointed: even the words of a discredited comforter can serve as testimony to divine sovereignty over human cleverness. The specific concept of entrapment in one's own cunning ('in their own craftiness,' 'ormah) reflects a recurring wisdom theme: those who attempt to manipulate or outmaneuver divine order end by entangling themselves. Psalm 7:15-16 and Proverbs 26:27 develop the same pattern of self-dug pits and returned injuries.
Autres traductions
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
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