Job 5:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Young's Literal Translation
Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

King James Bible
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Hebrew
He catches
לֹכֵ֣ד (lō·ḵêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

the wise
חֲכָמִ֣ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2450: Wise

in their craftiness,
בְּעָרְמָ֑ם (bə·‘ā·rə·mām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6193: A stratagem

and sweeps away
נִמְהָֽרָה׃ (nim·hā·rāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

the plans
וַעֲצַ֖ת (wa·‘ă·ṣaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

of the cunning.
נִפְתָּלִ֣ים (nip̄·tā·lîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6617: To twine, to struggle, be, tortuous

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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