Job 12:14-25

14Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

15Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

16With Him are might and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].

17He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

18He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a loincloth.

19He makes priests walk barefoot, And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.

20He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

21He pours contempt on princes and nobles And loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them].

22He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness And brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.

23He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].

24He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth And makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

25They grope in darkness without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.”