Job 12:16 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"God has power and priceless wisdom. He owns both the deceiver and the person who is deceived.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

ASV:

With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.

BBE:

With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

DBY:

With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

ERV:

With him is strength and effectual working; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

JPS:

With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.

WBS:

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

WEB:

With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

YLT:

With Him are strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.

Job 12:16 Cross References

XREF:

Job 13:7 "Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Job 13:9 "Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the {h} deceiver [are] his.
(h) He shows that there is nothing done in this world without God's will and ordinance, else he would not be Almighty.

WES:

12:16 With him - The same thing he had said before, ver.13, but he repeats it here to prepare the way for the following events, which are eminent instances, both of his power and wisdom. Are his - Wholly subject to his disposal. He governs the deceiver and sets bounds to his deceits, how far they shall extend; he also over - rules all this to his own glory, and the accomplishment of his righteous designs of trying the good, and punishing wicked men, by giving them up to believe lies. Yet God is not the author of any error or sin, but only the wise and holy governor of it.

MHC:

12:12-25 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 gives many instances of God's powerful management of the children of men, overruling all their counsels, and overcoming all their oppositions. Having all strength and wisdom, God knows how to make use, even of those who are foolish and bad; otherwise there is so little wisdom and so little honesty in the world, that all had been in confusion and ruin long ago. These important truths were suited to convince the disputants that they were out of their depth in attempting to assign the Lord's reasons for afflicting Job; his ways are unsearchable, and his judgments past finding out. Let us remark what beautiful illustrations there are in the word of God, confirming his sovereignty, and wisdom in that sovereignty: but the highest and infinitely the most important is, that the Lord Jesus was crucified by the malice of the Jews; and who but the Lord could have known that this one event was the salvation of the world?

CONC:

Belong Deceived Deceiver Designs Effectual Error Guide Guided Hands Misleader Misled Strength Victory Wisdom Wise

Belong Deceived Deceiver Designs Effectual Error Guide Guided Hands Misled Sound Strength Together Victory Wisdom Wise

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