{Foolishness with God} (m(9372)ia para t(9369) the(9369)). Whose
standard does a church (temple) of God wish, that of this world
or of God? The two standards are not the same. It is a pertinent
inquiry with us all whose idea rules in our church. Paul quotes
 Job 5:13 . {That taketh} (ho drassomenos). Old verb
drassomai, to grasp with the hand, is used here for the less
vivid word in the LXX katalamban(936e). It occurs nowhere else in
the N.T., but appears in the papyri to lay hands on. Job is
quoted in the N.T. only here and in  Ro 11:35  and both times
with variations from the LXX. This word occurs in Ecclesiasticus
26:7; 34:2. In  Ps 2:12  the LXX has draxasthe paideias, lay
hold on instruction. {Craftiness} (panourgi(8369)). The panourgos
man is ready for any or all work (if bad enough). So it means
versatile cleverness (Robertson and Plummer), _astutia_
(Vulgate).