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Job 12:13

Job 12:13
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again,.... Which some restrain to the tower of Babel; but though the builders of it were obliged to desist from building, it does not appear that it…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

With him is wisdom - Margin, correctly, “God.” However much wisdom there may seem to be with aged men, yes the true wisdom - that which was supreme and worthy of the name - was to be found in God…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 12:12-25

This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

With him is wisdom and strength i. e. with God, himbeing emphatic. There is no antithesis however between His wisdom and that of the aged referred to Job 12:12. The passage that follows to the end of…