Job 5:12 - Exposition

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty ; or, frustrateth—makes them of no effect (comp. Psalms 33:10 ; Isaiah 8:10 ). Some suppose Eliphaz to insinuate here that Job's apparent wisdom has not been true wisdom, but cunning or craft, and that therefore God has brought it to nought. But to us it rather seems that he enunciates a.general sentiment, and a true one. He is giving examples of the "marvellous things" which God does (verse 9), and naturally enumerates among them his victories over the craft and cunning of his adversaries (comp. Isaiah 44:25 ). So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise ; literally, and their hands accomplish nothing solid. No substantial result is effected by all their scheming.