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Job Presents His Case

Job 12:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
KJV
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.With…: that is, With God
WEB
“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
ASV
With God is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
LSV
With Him [are] wisdom and might, || To Him [are] counsel and understanding.
YLT
With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding.
DBY
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
DRC
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
GNV
With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
JPS
With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
LXXE
With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
עִ֭מּוֹ חָכְמָ֣ה וּגְבוּרָ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ עֵצָ֥ה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Παρʼ αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις, αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
  • Proverbs 2:6–7For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
  • Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
  • James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
  • Job 28:20–28From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air. Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’…
  • Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
  • Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
  • Daniel 2:20and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
  • Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
  • Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
  • Isaiah 40:13–14Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of…
  • Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
  • Ephesians 1:8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
  • Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

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