13 He has wisdom and power; His counsel and reason.

14 Whatsoever he destroyeth shall not be built; whoever He imprisons will not be freed.

15 He will stop the waters, and all things will dry up; let them go, and they will turn the earth.

16 With him is power and wisdom, before him that errs and deceives.

17 He makes the counselors foolish, and makes the judges foolish.

18 And he looseth the bands of kings, and bindeth their loins with girdles;

19 princes deprive of dignity and overthrow the brave;

20 He takes away the tongue of the eloquent, and deprives the elders of their sense;

21 He covers the famous with shame, and weakens the strength of the mighty;

22 reveals the deep out of the midst of darkness, and brings forth the shadow of death;

23 He multiplies the nations, and destroys them; He scatters the nations and gathers them;

24 Takes away the minds of the heads of the people of the earth, and leaves them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

25 They grope in darkness without light, and stagger as drunken.

Chapter 13

1 Behold, all these things my eye has seen, my ear has heard, and has taken note unto itself.

2 As much as you know, I also know, I am not inferior to you.

3 But I would speak to the Almighty, and I would contend with God.

4 But you are gossips of lies; All of you are useless doctors.

5 Oh, if only you were silent! this would be imputed to you for wisdom.

6 Hearken therefore to my reasoning, and heed the rebuttal of my mouth.

7 Ought you for God's sake to speak falsehood, and to speak falsehood for him?