Job 12:16-25

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¹⁶ With him are strength and ^(A)sound wisdom;
    the deceived and the deceiver are his.
¹⁷ He leads ^(B)counselors away stripped,
    and ^(C)judges he makes fools.
¹⁸ He ^(D)looses the bonds of kings
    and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
¹⁹ He leads priests away stripped
    and overthrows the mighty.
²⁰ He deprives of speech those who are trusted
    ^(E)and takes away the discernment of the elders.
²¹ He ^(F)pours contempt on princes
    and loosens the belt of the strong.
²² He ^(G)uncovers the deeps out of darkness
    and brings ^(H)deep darkness to light.
²³ He ^(I)makes nations great, and he destroys them;
    he enlarges nations, and ^(J)leads them away.
²⁴ He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
    and ^(K)makes them wander in a trackless waste.
²⁵ They ^(L)grope in the dark without light,
    and he makes them ^(M)stagger like a drunken man.