Job 12:13-23

13 “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
14 What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.
15 If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
16 To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
17 He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.
18 He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth[a] around their waist.
19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

Cross References 26

  • 1. Job 11:6; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 45:9
  • 2. S Job 9:4; S Jeremiah 32:19; 1 Corinthians 1:24
  • 3. S Numbers 23:19; 1 Kings 3:12; Job 32:8; Job 38:36; Proverbs 2:6; Isaiah 40:13-14; Daniel 1:17
  • 4. Job 16:9; Job 19:10
  • 5. Deuteronomy 13:16; Job 37:7; Psalms 127:1; Isaiah 24:20; Isaiah 25:2; Ezekiel 26:14
  • 6. S Job 9:3; Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7
  • 7. Job 28:25; Isaiah 40:12; 1 Kings 8:35
  • 8. S Deuteronomy 28:22; S 1 Kings 17:1
  • 9. S Genesis 7:24; Genesis 7:11
  • 10. S Job 9:4
  • 11. 2 Chronicles 18:22; Job 13:7,9; Job 27:4; Romans 2:11
  • 12. ver 19; Job 19:9; Isaiah 20:4
  • 13. S Job 3:14; 1 Corinthians 1:20
  • 14. Psalms 107:14; Psalms 116:16; Nahum 1:13
  • 15. ver 21; Job 34:18; Psalms 107:40; Isaiah 5:27; Isaiah 40:23
  • 16. S ver 17
  • 17. S Deuteronomy 24:15; S Job 9:24; Job 14:20; Job 22:8; Job 24:12,22; Job 34:20,28; Job 35:9; Isaiah 2:22; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 40:17,23; Jeremiah 25:18; Daniel 2:21,34; Luke 1:52
  • 18. S ver 12,24; Daniel 4:33-34; Job 32:9
  • 19. S ver 18; S Isaiah 34:12
  • 20. S Job 3:15
  • 21. 1 Corinthians 4:5
  • 22. Job 3:5
  • 23. Psalms 139:12; Daniel 2:22
  • 24. Psalms 2:1; Psalms 46:6; Isaiah 13:4; Jeremiah 25:9
  • 25. S Exodus 34:24; Psalms 107:38; Isaiah 9:3; Isaiah 26:15; Isaiah 54:3
  • 26. S Job 5:12; Acts 17:26

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "shackles of kings" / "and ties a belt"
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