Key Verse Spotlight
Job 12:16 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“With him {is} strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver {are} his.”
Job 12:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. {up: Heb. upon}
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
With him {is} strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver {are} his.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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