English Standard Version
Job 12:13
13"With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are his.
Context of Job 12:13
11Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food? 12Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding. 14If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open. 15If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:13 word by word
עִ֭מּוֹ חָכְמָ֣ה וּגְבוּרָ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ עֵצָ֥ה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:13
- Job 32:6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
- Job 12:16With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
- Job 28:20"From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
- Job 36:5"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
- Proverbs 2:6For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
- Jeremiah 10:12It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
- Daniel 2:20Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might.
- Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- James 1:5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
- Proverbs 8:14I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.
- Isaiah 40:13Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
- Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all 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
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