Job 12:13–25

¹³“With Him are ^hwisdom and strength,

He has counsel and understanding.

¹⁴If ⁱHe breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;

If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

¹⁵If He ^jwithholds the waters, they dry up;

If He ^ksends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

¹⁶With Him are strength and prudence.

The deceived and the deceiver are His.

¹⁷He leads counselors away plundered,

And makes fools of the judges.

¹⁸He loosens the bonds of kings,

And binds their waist with a belt.

¹⁹He leads ⁷princes away plundered,

And overthrows the mighty.

^20lHe deprives the trusted ones of speech,

And takes away the discernment of the elders.

^21mHe pours contempt on princes,

And ⁸disarms the mighty.

²²He ⁿuncovers deep things out of darkness,

And brings the shadow of death to light.

^23oHe makes nations great, and destroys them;

He ⁹enlarges nations, and guides them.

²⁴He takes away the ¹understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,

And ^pmakes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

^25qThey grope in the dark without light,

And He makes them ^rstagger like a drunken man.