Christian Standard Bible
Job 12:13
13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are his.
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
11Doesn’t the ear test words as the palate tastes food? 12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life. Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are his. 14Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever he imprisons cannot be released. 15When he withholds water, everything dries up, and when he releases it, it destroys the land.
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עִ֭מּוֹ חָכְמָ֣ה וּגְבוּרָ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ עֵצָ֥ה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:13
- Job 32:6So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied: I am young in years, while you are old; therefore I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
- Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to him. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
- Job 9:4God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed him and come out unharmed?
- Job 28:20Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?
- Job 36:5Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one; he understands all things.
- Psalms 147:5Our Lord is great, vast in power; his understanding is infinite.
- Proverbs 2:6For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
- Jeremiah 10:12He made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
- Daniel 2:20and declared: May the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.
- Luke 21:15for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,
- Colossians 2:3In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God — who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly — and it will be given to him.
- Proverbs 8:14I possess good advice and sound wisdom; I have understanding and strength.
- Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or who gave him counsel?
- Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
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
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