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15 Behold, He (A)restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He (B)sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With Him are strength and sound wisdom;
The (C)misled and the misleader belong to Him.
17 He makes (D)counselors walk [a]barefoot
And makes fools of (E)judges.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:17 Or stripped

15 If he holds back the waters,(A) there is drought;(B)
    if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.(C)
16 To him belong strength and insight;(D)
    both deceived and deceiver are his.(E)
17 He leads rulers away stripped(F)
    and makes fools of judges.(G)

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