14 Behold, he will break down, and it cannot be built: he shutteth a man up, and he cannot be loosed.

15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.

16 With him is strength and wisdom: he that is deceived, and that [a]deceiveth, are his.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:16 He showeth that there is nothing done in this world without God’s will and ordinance, for else he should not be Almighty.

14 What he tears down(A) cannot be rebuilt;(B)
    those he imprisons cannot be released.(C)
15 If he holds back the waters,(D) there is drought;(E)
    if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.(F)
16 To him belong strength and insight;(G)
    both deceived and deceiver are his.(H)

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