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Job 12:16

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

KJV

Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia ; ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur.

Vulgate

παρ’ αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς, αὐτῷ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σύνεσις.

LXX

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

ASV

עִ֭מּ/וֹ עֹ֣ז וְ/תֽוּשִׁיָּ֑ה ל֝֗/וֹ שֹׁגֵ֥ג וּ/מַשְׁגֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה
'shgh
verb · 21×
וֹ
v
noun · 89×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
שֹׁגֵ֥ג
shgg
verb · 4×
תּוּשִׁיָּֽה
tvshyh
noun · 12×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 22:20 — And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
  • 1Kgs 22:22 — And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, an
  • 1Kgs 22:22 — And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, an
  • 2Chr 18:22 — Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
  • 2Sam 15:31 — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
  • Dan 2:20 — Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
  • Ezek 14:9 — And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
  • Ezek 14:9 — And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
  • Gen 27:12 — My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
  • Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
  • Job 12:13 — With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
  • Job 13:9 — Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
  • Job 13:9 — Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
  • Job 15:31 — Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.