Job 12:13-25
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job Speaks of the Power of God
13 “With Him are (A)wisdom and (B)might;
To Him belong counsel and (C)understanding.
14 “Behold, He (D)tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He [a](E)imprisons a man, and [b]there can be no release.
15 “Behold, He (F)restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He (G)sends them out, and they [c]inundate 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 [d]barefoot
And makes fools of (J)judges.
18 “He (K)loosens the [e]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.
19 “He makes priests walk [f]barefoot
And overthrows (L)the secure ones.
20 “He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And (M)takes away the discernment 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 the deep darkness into light.
23 “He (Q)makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He [g]enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
24 “He (R)deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
25 “They (S)grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them (T)stagger like a drunken man.
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