Job 12:16-22

Common English Bible

¹⁶ With him are might and success;
    the deceiver and the deceived are his.
¹⁷ He leads advisors away barefoot;
        makes madmen of judges;
¹⁸     unties the belt of kings,
        binds a garment around their loins;
¹⁹     leads priests away barefoot;
    overthrows the well-established;
²⁰     silences the talk of trusted people;
    takes away elders’ discernment;
²¹     pours contempt on royalty;
    loosens the belt of the strong;
²²     discloses deep secrets of darkness,
    makes utter darkness enter the light;