Job 12:13-25
New King James Version
13 “With Him are (A)wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
14 If (B)He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
15 If He (C)withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He (D)sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
16 With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
19 He leads [a]princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.
20 (E)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 (F)He pours contempt on princes,
And [b]disarms the mighty.
22 He (G)uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
23 (H)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 (I)makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
25 (J)They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them (K)stagger like a drunken man.
Job 12:13-25
American Standard Version
13 With [a]God is wisdom and might;
He hath counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again;
He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom;
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped,
And judges maketh he fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings,
And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped,
And overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty,
And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes,
And looseth the belt of the strong.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness,
And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them:
He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the [b]earth,
And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light;
And he maketh them to [c]stagger like a drunken man.
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