Job 12:13
With Him [are] wisdom and might, || To Him [are] counsel and understanding.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
In Context
12With the very aged [is] wisdom, || And [with] length of days [is] understanding.
14Behold, He breaks down, and it is not built up, || He shuts against a man, || And it is not opened.
Cross References
Job 9:4Wise in heart and strong in power—Who has hardened toward Him and is at peace?
Job 12:16With Him [are] strength and wisdom, || His the deceived and deceiver.
Job 32:6And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answers and says: “I [am] young in days, and you [are] aged; Therefore I have feared, || And am afraid of showing you my opinion.
Job 36:5Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, || Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
Psalms 147:5Our Lord [is] great, and abundant in power, || There is no narration of His understanding.
Proverbs 8:14Counsel and substance [are] mine, || I [am] understanding, I have might.
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 →