Job 12:16
New International Version
To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.

New Living Translation
Yes, strength and wisdom are his; deceivers and deceived are both in his power.

English Standard Version
With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Berean Standard Bible
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

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

New King James Version
With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

New American Standard Bible
“Strength and sound wisdom are with Him. One who goes astray and one who leads astray belong to Him.

NASB 1995
“With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.

NASB 1977
“With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
With Him are strength and sound wisdom; The misled and the misleader belong to Him.

Amplified Bible
“With Him are might and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].

Christian Standard Bible
True wisdom and power belong to him. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
His is power and wisdom; his is strength and salvation

Brenton Septuagint Translation
With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.

Contemporary English Version
just as he rules over liars and those they lie to.

Douay-Rheims Bible
With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceiver, and him that is deceived.

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

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

Good News Translation
God is strong and always victorious; both deceived and deceiver are in his power.

International Standard Version
"With God are strength and sound wisdom; both the deceived and those who deceive are responsible to him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
With Him is strength and sound wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Literal Standard Version
With Him [are] strength and wisdom, | His the deceived and deceiver.

Majority Standard Bible
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

New American Bible
With him are strength and prudence; the misled and the misleaders are his.

NET Bible
With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

New Revised Standard Version
With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

New Heart English Bible
With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

Webster's Bible Translation
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

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

Young's Literal Translation
With Him are strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.

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Context
Job Responds to Zophar
15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. 16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His. 17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.…

Cross References
Job 13:7
Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

Job 13:9
Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?

Daniel 2:20
and declared: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.


Treasury of Scripture

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

With

Job 12:13
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

the deceived

1 Kings 22:22,23
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so…

Ezekiel 14:9
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

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1. Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him
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Verse 16. - With him is strength and wisdom; rather (as in the Revised Version), with him is strength and effectual working. God has not only the wisdom to design the course of events (ver. 13), but the power and ability to carry out all that he designs. The deceived and the deceiver are his. Not only does God rule the course of external nature, but also the doings of men. "Shall there be evil in a city, and shall not he have done it?" (Amos 3:6) He allows some to deceive, and others to be deceived. Moral evil is thus under his control, and, in a certain sense, may be celled his doing. But it behoves men, when they approach such great mysteries, to be very cautious and wary in their speech. Job touches with somewhat too bold a hand the deepest problems of the universe.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
True wisdom
וְתֽוּשִׁיָּ֑ה‪‬ (wə·ṯū·šî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8454: Support, ability, help, an undertaking, understanding

and power
עֹ֣ז (‘ōz)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5797: Strength, might

belong to Him.
עִ֭מּוֹ (‘im·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

The deceived
שֹׁגֵ֥ג (šō·ḡêḡ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7683: To go astray, commit sin or error

and the deceiver [are His].
וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃ (ū·maš·geh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7686: To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured


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