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Job 12:17

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

He knoweth both the deceiver and deceived, He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and the judges to dulness. Whereas every man that strives to deceive his neighbour is wicked, and 'Truth' saith to the wicked, I never knew you, depart from Me ye that work iniquity; in what sense is it said here, that 'the Lord knoweth the deceiver?' But forasmuch as God's 'knowing' sometimes means His taking cognizance, sometimes His approving, He at once knows a wicked man, in that in taking cognizance He judges him, (for He would never judge any …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Then he shows that there is counsel in God by those things which appear in human affairs. On this point, consider that as God knows both the principles and conditions of speculative sciences and their order to one another, and he still does not acquire knowledge of the conclusions through the principles, but he knows all things in the first, simple glance. …

Commentary on Job ↗