Devine Scripture

Job 12:16

Job chapter 12 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

v.16This passage

v.17He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 14:9

    And if the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

  • Job 13:7

    Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?

  • Job 12:13

    WithGodis wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

  • Job 13:9

    Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?

  • Matthew 6:13

    And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

  • 1 Kings 22:22

    And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.