Job 12:23-25

New International Reader's Version

²³ He makes nations great, and then he destroys them.
    He makes nations grow, and then he scatters them.
²⁴ He takes away the understanding of the leaders of the earth.
    He makes them wander in a desert where no one lives.
²⁵ Without any light, they feel their way along in darkness.
    God makes them unsteady like those who get drunk.