19 He leads [a]princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.
20 (A)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 (B)He pours contempt on princes,
And [b]disarms the mighty.
22 He (C)uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
23 (D)He makes nations great, and destroys them;
He [c]enlarges nations, and guides them.
24 He takes away the [d]understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And (E)makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
25 (F)They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them (G)stagger like a drunken man.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:19 Lit. priests, but not in a technical sense
  2. Job 12:21 loosens the belt of
  3. Job 12:23 Lit. spreads out
  4. Job 12:24 Lit. heart

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