How I Know Who Has Wisdom

Old people have wisdom,
    but God has wisdom and power.
Old people have insight;
    God has insight and power to act.
¹⁴ When God tears down, who can rebuild,
    and who can free those God imprisons?
¹⁵ Drought comes when God withholds rain;
    floods come when he turns water loose.

¹⁶ God is strong and always victorious;
    both deceived and deceiver are in his power.
¹⁷ He takes away the wisdom of rulers
    and makes leaders act like fools.
¹⁸ He dethrones kings and makes them prisoners;
¹⁹     he humbles priests and men of power.
²⁰ He silences those who are trusted,
    and takes the wisdom of old people away.
²¹ He disgraces those in power
    and puts an end to the strength of rulers.
²² He sends light to places dark as death.
²³ He makes nations strong and great,
    but then he defeats and destroys them.
²⁴ He makes their leaders foolish
    and lets them wander confused and lost;
²⁵     they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards. Job 12:13-25 (GNT)

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