Job 12:16
With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
In Context
15Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:
17Who leadeth away counsellors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:
Cross References
Job 12:13With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.
Job 13:9Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?
Proverbs 2:6For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
Ezekiel 14:9Yea the prophet himself when he suffereth himself to be deceived, and speaketh a word, I Yahweh, have suffered that prophet to be deceived, Then will I stretch forth my hand against him, and destroy him out of 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 →