Job 12:14
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
- KJV
- Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
- WEB
- Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- ASV
- Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
- DARBY
- Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
- BLB
- Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He closes [up] upon a man, and it cannot be opened.
- ÅB
- Se, han river ned, og det bygges ikke opp igjen; han stenger for en mann, og det lukkes ikke opp.
- OTB
- Det Han bryter ned kan ikke bygges opp igjen;
den personen Han fengsler kan ikke slippes fri. - B1930
- Se, han river ned, og det bygges ikke op igjen; han stenger for en mann, og det lukkes ikke op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 22:22
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Read in contextRevelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Read in contextMalachi 1:4
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
Read in contextJob 11:10
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Read in contextJob 37:7
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Read in context1 Samuel 26:8
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
Read in contextJob 16:11
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Read in contextJob 19:10
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
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