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Job 12:16
Job 12:16 is verse 16 of Job chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
King James Version
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.
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Job 12:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
18 He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
1 Kings 22:22And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
1 Kings 22:23So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
Ezekiel 14:9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.