God’s Word Translation
Job 12:16
16“God has power and priceless wisdom. He owns ⌞both⌟ the deceiver and the person who is deceived.
Job 12:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- New International Version (NIV)To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Context of Job 12:16
14When he tears ⌞something⌟ down, it cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, that person cannot be freed. 15When he holds back the waters, there is a drought. When he releases them, they flood the earth. “God has power and priceless wisdom. He owns ⌞both⌟ the deceiver and the person who is deceived. 17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools out of judges. 18He loosens kings’ belts and strips them of their pants.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:16 word by word
עִ֭מּוֹ עֹ֣ז וְתֽוּשִׁיָּ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ שֹׁגֵ֥ג וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:16
- Job 12:13God has wisdom and strength. Advice and insight are his.
- Matthew 6:13Don’t allow us to be tempted. Instead, rescue us from the evil one.
- 1 Kings 22:22“The Spirit answered, ‘I will go out and be a spirit that tells lies through the mouths of all of Ahab’s prophets.’ “The Lord said, ‘You will succeed in deceiving him. Go and do it.’
- Ezekiel 14:9“ ‘If a prophet is tricked into giving a prophecy, it is I, the Lord, who tricked the prophet. I will use my power against you and destroy you from among my people Israel.
Commentaries on Job 12:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16With him is strength and wisdom - ותושיה עז 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, וגבורה חכמה 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The deceived and the deceiver are his - This is designed to teach that all classes of people are under his control. All are dependent on him, and all are subject to him. He has power to keep them, and he can destroy them when he pleases. Dr. Good supposes that Job refers here to himself and his friends who had beguiled him into expressions of impatience and complaint. But it is more probably a general declaration that all classes of people were under the…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. 1616. (Eze 14:9).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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