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Job 12:16

The word "wisdom" in this verse is that in ch. Job 5:12; Job 11:6.

the deceived and the deceiver lit. he that errs and he that leads into error, he that is ruled and he that rules oppressively. These are distinctions among men; to God both are the same, or both are equally in his hand, cf. Proverbs 22:2.

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See also Job 12:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 12:16. _WITH HIM_ IS _STRENGTH AND WISDOM_] עז ותושיה _oz_ _vethushiyah, strength and sufficiency_. Strength or power, springing from an exhaustless and infinite source of potency. In the _...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR _ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_ 2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7) 3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1) 4. He appeals to God ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers this assumption. Firstly Zophar is not the only wise...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WISDOM. stability. See note on Proverbs 2:7....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. ARBITRARILY HE DECREES WHAT WILL BE. (JOB 12:13-25) TEXT 12:13-25 13 With _God_ is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WITH HIM IS STRENGTH AND WISDOM: THE DECEIVED AND THE DECEIVER ARE HIS._ The deceived and the deceiver are his. "If the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (JOB 12-14) The friends have said God is wise and mighty. Job replies, 'I know that as well as you. You infer that He is also righteous, but experience shows that His power and wisd...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _Are_ HIS] exist by His permission....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 12 JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God is powerful. He is much greater than any person. He even controls the weather (verse 15). He knows when we lie (verse 16). And he is our judge (verse 14)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עִ֭מֹּו עֹ֣ז וְ תוּשִׁיָּ֑ה לֹ֝֗ו שֹׁגֵ֥ג וּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WITH HIM [IS] STRENGTH AND WISDOM,.... Which is repeated from Job 12:13; though different words are used but expressive of the same things; of the greatest strength might, and power of God, as the ab...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his. Ver. 16. _With him is strength and wisdom_] _i.e._ Such strength as he exerciseth most wisely, mightily, and righteously. _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _With him is strength_, &c. He doth the things mentioned in the foregoing and following verses so _powerfully_, that no creature can resist him and hinder his operations; and so wisely, that none can...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    With Him is strength and wisdom, true, essential knowledge; THE DECEIVED AND THE DECEIVER ARE HIS, both he who errs and he who causes others to err. God's wisdom is far above that of all men, whether...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    God's Government of the World...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB EMPHASISES GOD'S GREATNESS AND WISDOM (vv.1-25) Job's reply to Zophar was understandably sarcastic, "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!" (v.2). Zophar had implied that h...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 c...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He doth the things here mentioned in the foregoing and succeeding verses, and that both powerfully, so as no creature can resist and hinder him, and wisely, so as none can prevent and overreach him. T...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 12:16 strength H5797 prudence H8454 deceived H7683 (H8802) deceiver H7686 (H8688) With - Job 12:13

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job answers his three friends, extolling God's wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: There is a wise providence which guides and governs all things by rules with which t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 12:6. _The tabernacles of robbers prosper._ Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to the Arabs, who plunder the merchants. This and the fo...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold, He breaketh down._ JOB’S MAXIMS Perhaps Job uses this lofty language concerning God for two reasons. 1. To show that he could speak as grandly of the Eternal as his friends had spoken. 2....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:1 In the longest response of the dialogues with his three friends, Job shows his growing frustration with their claims of wisdom (even though he agrees with them about God’s supreme...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:13 In these verses, Job asserts that God’s providential governing of the world is much more extensive than his friends realize. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR_ I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech (Job 12:2). His defence is:— 1. _Ironical_ (Job 12:2). “No doubt but ye are the people; and wisd...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters (Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1.). It is thought to form the conclusion of the first day's colloquy. In it Job for the first...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Job answered him and said, No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom is going to die with you (Job 12:1-2). He's about had it with these guys who think they know all the answers, and they're not...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 22:22; 1 Kings 22:23; Ezekiel 14:9; Job 12:13; Matthew 6:13...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    With him — The same thing he had said before, Job 12:13, 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...

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