¹⁵ And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

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

¹⁴ And Absalom saith -- and all the men of Israel -- `Better `is' the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

²⁵ Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

¹⁰ Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

¹¹ The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

¹² Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

¹³ Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

¹¹ and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

¹⁹ for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

²⁰ and again, `The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'

³⁴ as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

³⁷ Who `is' this -- he hath said, and it is, `And' the Lord hath not commanded `it'?

³⁸ From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.

¹⁰ Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!'

³⁰ There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

³¹ and David declared, saying, `Ahithophel `is' among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, `Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'