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Job 12:17
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15 If He awithholds the waters, they dry up;
If He bsends 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 leads1 princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty. 
20 aHe deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders. 
21 aHe pours contempt on princes,
And1 disarms the mighty. 
22 He auncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light. 
23 aHe1 makes nations great, and destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and guides them. 
24 He takes away the1 understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And amakes them wander in a pathless wilderness. 
25 aThey grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them bstagger like a drunken man. 
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Job 12:17

Spoiled - The wise counsellors or statesmen, by whom the affairs of kings and kingdoms are ordered, he leadeth away as captives in triumph, being spoiled either of that wisdom which they had, or seemed to have; or of that power and dignity which they had enjoyed. Fools - By discovering their folly, and by infatuating their minds, and turning their own counsels to their ruin.


 
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