Job 12:16, 17, 22 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.… I. THE DECEIVER AND THE DECEIVED ARE HIS. (Ver. 16.) He can cause the spirit of the faithless prophet to be a lying spirit (1 Kings 22.), to be deceived in his oracles, and incur destruction (Ezekiel 14:9). II. So THE JUDGES ARE MADE FOOLS. (Ver. 17.) In short, God hath made from time to time the wisdom of this world foolishness (1 Corinthians 1.), that no flesh might glory in his presence. III. HE BRINGS NEW DISCOVERIES OF TRUTH TO LIGHT. (Ver. 22.) This is the revelation of God in history, and its page is full of illustrations. The calling of Abraham; the raising up of Moses; the deliverance of Israel; the elevation of David, the "rod out of his stem'" the lowly Messiah; the progress of the gospel and triumph over the wisdom of Greece and pride of Rome; the beginnings of the Reformation, - are but a few of the salient points in this providential history of the world. The whole description is fitted to teach: (1) Humility in the sense of the feebleness of our power, the inferiority of our knowledge in presence of the power and wisdom of God. (2) Reverence in the study of history and the observation of nature. (3) Watchful and confident expectation of changes in the course of providence, by which iniquity will be overturned, the rule of falsehood be brought to an end, and the Divine kingdom be advanced in the world. - J. Parallel Verses KJV: With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.WEB: With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his. |
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