Job 12:16 meaning and explanation

True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Job 12:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is answering his three friends, who have insisted that suffering always proves wrongdoing. In verses 13 to 25 he turns their tidy formula upside down by pointing to God's free and sovereign rule over everything, including the reversal of human plans.

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