Job 5:12 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
English ASV
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
English Amplified
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise or anything of [lasting] worth.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise or anything of [lasting] worth.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
English EASY 2024
He stops the ideas of clever people. They cannot do what they want to do.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
He spoils the plans of even the smartest people so that they will not succeed.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
He upsets the plans of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing they do succeeds;
English God's Word - GW 1995
He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success.
English KJV 1611
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
English LSB
He frustrates the thoughts of the crafty, So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their plans.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
He frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success;
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
He stops those who are tricky from doing what they plan to do. The work of their hands doesn't succeed.
English NIV
He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
English NKJ 1982
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
English NLT
He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so their efforts will not succeed.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
“He frustrates the plans of crafty men.
English Tyndale 1537
Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand: