Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 12:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
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Role in This Section
Job states “With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding” as one poetic claim in Job Portrays Wisdom and Power That Overturn Every Status.
Read It With
- Job 12:12–12:25
Job 12:13 should be heard after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. Job states “With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding” as one poetic claim in Job Portrays Wisdom and Power That Overturn Every Status. The hymn-like catalogue belongs to Job's argument about uncontestable power; it does not prove that every political collapse or disaster can be confidently assigned to one divine purpose.
Why It Needs Context
Job 12:12–12:25 gives Job 12:13 its literary owner and outcome. Job states “With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding” as one poetic claim in Job Portrays Wisdom and Power That Overturn Every Status. Application waits until that full movement is understood.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 12:12–12:25 — Job Portrays Wisdom and Power That Overturn Every StatusSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 12:12–12:25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 12:12–12:25
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗