Job 12:14
Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.
15Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:46This day, will Yahweh deliver thee into my hand, and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee, and will give thy dead body and the dead bodies of the host of Philistines, this day, unto the birds of heaven, and unto the wild beasts of the earth,—that all the earth may know that Israel hath a God;
1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai unto David, God hath surrendered, to-day, thine enemy, into thy hand: Now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth, at one stroke, I, will not do it twice.
Job 11:10If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
Job 19:10He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away—like a tree—my hope;
Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God,—for who can straighten what he hath bent?
Isaiah 22:22And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder,—And he shall open and none shall shut, And shut and none shall open;
Matthew Henry on Job 12:13-25
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth… Read the whole commentary →