¹⁵ It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.

¹¹ not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

¹⁴ Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

²⁵ who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

¹⁰ Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

¹¹ The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

¹² He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

¹³ He takes the wise in their own craftiness; The counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

¹¹ and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you;

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."

²⁰ And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."

³⁴ "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

³⁷ Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

³⁸ Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

¹⁰ Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Yahweh.

³¹ One told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.