John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom ,.... Which is repeated from Job 12:13 ; though different words are used but expressive of the same things; of the greatest strength might, and power of God, as the above instances show and of his most consummate, solid and substantial wisdom, as appears by what follows: the deceived and the deceiver are his : the wisdom, knowledge, sagacity and penetration into affairs, which the one has not, and the other has are from him; he withholds them from... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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, which none dares gainsay or can resist. Take both him and them out of the controversy in which they were so warmly engaged, and they all spoke admirably well; but, in that, we sometimes scarcely know what to make of them. It were well if wise and good men, that differ in their apprehensions about... read more