Job 12:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ With him is strength and wisdom: The deceived and the deceiver are his.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ With Him are might and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His [and in His power].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ With him are might and success; the deceiver and the deceived are his.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ With him is strength and wisdom; he knows both the deceiver and he who is deceived.

Job 12:16 Cross References

Ezekiel 14:9

If a prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Job 13:9

Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him as one person deceives another?

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.

Job 13:7

Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him?

Job 12:13

“With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.

Daniel 2:20

Daniel said: “Blessed be the name of God from age to age, for wisdom and power are his.

Job 32:8

But truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding.

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Isaiah 31:2

Yet he is wise and can bring disaster; he does not depart from his words but will rise against the house of the evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.