Job 12:14-25

14If He tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; one He imprisons cannot be released.

15If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He releases them, they destroy the earth.

16With Him are power and sound wisdom; both deceived and deceiver are His.

17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

18He loosens the bonds of the kings, and binds a loincloth around their waists.

19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the rulers.

20He silences the lips of trusted advisors and removes the discernment of elders.

21He pours contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the mighty.

22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into light.

23He makes nations great and destroys them. He enlarges the nations and leads them away.

24He deprives the heads of the people of earth of understanding, and causes them to wander in a pathless wasteland.

25They grope in darkness with no light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.