Job 12:13

Job 12:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
• New International Version (NIV)“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

Context of Job 12:13

11Does the ear not put words to the test, Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]? 12With the aged [you say] is wisdom, And with long life is understanding. “But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might; He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding. 14Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. 15Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

Job 12:13 word by word

עִ֭מּוֹ חָכְמָ֣ה וּגְבוּרָ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ עֵצָ֥ה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• and strengthגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
• he hath counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• and understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394

Cross-references for Job 12:13

• Job 32:6Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite said, “I am young, and you are aged; For that reason I was anxious and dared not tell you what I think.
• Job 12:16With Him are might and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].
• Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?
• Job 28:20From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
• Job 36:5Behold, God is mighty, and yet does not despise anyone [nor regard any as trivial]; He is mighty in the strength and power of understanding.
• Psalms 147:5Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].
• Proverbs 2:6For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
• Jeremiah 10:12God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom And by His understanding and skill He has stretched out the heavens.
• Daniel 2:20Daniel answered, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and power belong to Him.
• Luke 21:15for I will give you [skillful] words and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
• 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
• Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge [regarding the word and purposes of God].
• James 1:5If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him.
• Proverbs 8:14Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power and strength are mine.
• Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or has taught Him as His counselor?
• Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’

Commentaries on Job 12:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13With him is wisdom and strength - But all these things come from God; he is the Fountain of wisdom and the Source of power. He alone can give us unerring counsel, and understanding to comprehend and act profitably by it. See on Job 12:16; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13With him is wisdom - Margin, correctly, “God.” However much wisdom there may seem to be with aged men, yes the true wisdom - that which was supreme and worthy of the name - was to be found in God alone. The object of Job was to lead the thoughts up to God, and to bring his friends to a contemplation of the wisdom which he manifests in his works. Accordingly he goes on in the remainder of this chapter to state some of the illustrations of wisdom and power…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-25Verses 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 complaints, or reflections. He…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. In contrast to, "with the ancient is wisdom" (Job 12:12), Job quotes a saying of the ancients which suits his argument, "with Him (God) is (the true) wisdom" (Pr 8:14); and by that "wisdom and strength" "He breaketh down," &c., as an absolute Sovereign, not allowing man to penetrate His mysteries; man's part is to bow to His unchangeable decrees (Job 1:21). The Mohammedan saying is, "if God will, and how God will."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings