KJV ORIGINAL
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
God has both strength and wisdom: those who are deceived and those who deceive others both belong to him.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job is declaring that God has complete power and wisdom, and that everyone - whether they're being fooled or doing the fooling - is ultimately under God's control.
📚 Historical Context
Job spoke these words during his intense suffering, responding to his friends who claimed his troubles were punishment for sin. In this chapter, Job is asserting God's absolute sovereignty over all human affairs, including deception and folly. This was Job's way of acknowledging that even in his confusion and pain, God remained in complete control of all situations and people.
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