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Job 12:13

Job 12:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

With him is wisdom and strength. With God wisdom and strength dwell essentially. He is not wiser or stronger at one time than at another. Time and experience add nothing to the perfection of his attributes, which are unchangeable.

Such wisdom infinitely transcends any to which man can attain, and therefore is doubtless the wisdom whereby the world is governed. He hath counsel and understanding. God has these qualities as his own.

They are not acquired or imparted, but belong to him, necessarily and always.

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