Job 12:13

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“Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.”

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BSBPD

“Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“WithGodis wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“With Him <FI>are<Fi> wisdom and might, To him <FI>are<Fi> counsel and understanding.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 12:13 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
  2. 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.
  3. Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
  4. Job 28:20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
  5. Job 32:6So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
  6. Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
  7. Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
  8. Job 38:36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
  9. Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
  10. Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  11. Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
  12. Isaiah 31:2Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
  13. Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
  14. 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.’
  15. Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  16. Daniel 2:20and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
  17. Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
  18. Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
  19. 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
  20. Ephesians 1:8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
  21. 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,
  22. Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  23. 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.

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