Job 12:16
With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
In Context
17He leadeth counsellors away bereft of sense, and maketh the judges fools.
Cross References
Job 12:13That with him are wisdom and strength, his are counsel and understanding.
Job 13:9Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one overreacheth another mortal, do ye expect to overreach him?
Proverbs 2:6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
Ezekiel 14:9And when the prophet suffereth himself to be deceived, and he speaketh a word: I the Lord have suffered that prophet to be deceived: and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Matthew Henry on Job 12:13-25
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth… Read the whole commentary →