Job 12 · Verse 16

Job 12:16

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 12:16, King James Version

Job 12:16 in other translations

BSBTrue wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
WEBWith him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
ASVWith him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
YLTWith Him are strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.
DARBYWith him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
BBEWith him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;
WebsterWith him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

What does Job 12:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. (Eze 14:9).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 With him is strength and wisdom - עז ותושיה oz vethushiyah, strength and sufficiency. Strength or power, springing from an exhaustless and infinite source of potency. In the thirteenth verse it is said, With him is wisdom and strength; but the expressions are not the same, חכמה וגבורה chochmah ugeburah, intelligence and fortitude, or strength in action, the wisdom ever guiding the exertions of power; but here is strength or power in essence, and an eternal potentiality. With him is every excellence, in potentia and in esse. He borrows nothing, he derives nothing. As he is self-existent, so is he self-sufficient. We have had the word tushiyah before. See the note on Job 11:6. The deceived and the deceiver are his - Some think this refers to the fall; even Satan the deceiver or beguiler, and Adam and Eve, the deceived or beguiled, are his. Satan, as this book shows, cannot act without especial permission; and man, whom the seducer thought to make his own property for ever, is claimed as the peculium or especial property of God, for the seed of the woman was then appointed to bruise the head of the serpent; and Jesus Christ has assumed the nature of man, and thus brought human nature into a state of fellowship with himself. Thus he who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren; Heb 2:11.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 12:12-25

This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no…

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Job 12:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עִ֭מּוֹi.mo[are] with himH5973
עֹ֣ז'ozstrengthH5797
וְתֽוּשִׁיָּ֑הve.tu.shi.Yahand sound wisdomH8454
ל֝֗וֹlo[belong] to him
שֹׁגֵ֥גsho.Geg[one who] goes astrayH7683
וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה\׃u.mash.Gehand [one who] leads astrayH7686

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Cross references for Job 12:16

  • Job 13:9

    Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

  • Job 12:13

    With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

  • Ezekiel 14:9

    And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

  • 1 Kings 22:22-23

    And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

  • Matthew 6:13

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  • Job 13:7

    Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
With.
13; Mt 6:13
the deceived.
1Ki 22:22,23; Eze 14:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 12:15

    Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Job 12:16

    With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

  • Job 12:17

    He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

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Job 12:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Con él está la fortaleza y la existencia; suyo es el que yerra, y el que hace errar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Avec lui est la force et la parfaite connaissance; à lui sont celui qui erre et celui qui fait errer.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Bei ihm ist Kraft und vollkommenes Wissen; sein ist der Irrende und der Irreführende.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia; ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur.