Job 12:13-25
Legacy Standard Bible
Job Speaks of God’s Strength
13 “With Him are (A)wisdom and (B)might;
To Him belong counsel and (C)discernment.
14 Behold, He (D)pulls down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He (E)closes a man in, and it cannot be opened.
15 Behold, He (F)restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He (G)sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With Him are strength and sound wisdom;
The (H)misled and the misleader belong to Him.
17 He makes (I)counselors walk [a]barefoot
And makes fools of (J)judges.
18 He (K)opens the [b]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a belt.
19 He makes priests walk [c]barefoot
And subverts (L)the enduring ones.
20 He removes speech from the faithful
And (M)takes away the discerning taste of the elders.
21 He (N)pours contempt on nobles
And (O)loosens the belt of the strong.
22 He (P)reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings out the shadows of death into light.
23 He (Q)makes the nations great, then makes them perish;
He [d]enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
24 He (R)removes the heart of wisdom from the heads of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless [e]waste.
25 They (S)grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them (T)wander about like a drunken man.
Job 12:13-25
English Standard Version
13 (A)“With God[a] are wisdom and might;
he has counsel and understanding.
14 If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if he (B)shuts a man in, none can open.
15 If he (C)withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he (D)sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
16 With him are strength and (E)sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leads (F)counselors away stripped,
and (G)judges he makes fools.
18 He (H)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
(I)and takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 He (J)pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
22 He (K)uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings (L)deep darkness to light.
23 He (M)makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and (N)leads them away.
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and (O)makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25 They (P)grope in the dark without light,
and he makes them (Q)stagger like a drunken man.
Footnotes
- Job 12:13 Hebrew him
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