12. With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
13. With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
14. Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
15. Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16. With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
18. He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
19. He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
20. He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
21. He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
22. He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
23. He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
24. He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
25. They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.