Job 12:16

“With him are power and success; to him belong the one who errs and the one who makes others err.”

Job 12:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 12:16, word by word

are powerעֹזoz

strength

Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.

Where else “oz” appears
and successתוּשִׁיָּהtushiya

success

An achievement that lasts, because it comes from God.

Where else “tushiya” appears
the one who errsשֹׁגֵגshogeg

err, sin unintentionally

Err, sin without realizing it.

Where else “shogeg” appears
and the one who makes others errמַשְׁגֶּהmashge

lead astray

To lead another astray.

Where else “mashge” appears

The context

15Look, he holds back the waters, and they dry up; and he releases them, and they overturn the earth.

16 · This verse (above)

17He makes counselors walk barefoot, and judges he drives mad.

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