the speech = the lip. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy ( of Cause), App-6 , for what is spoken by it. trusty = faithful. Hebrew. 'aman. See App-69 . Rendered by "trust" three times in Job (Job 4:18 ; Job 15:15 , Job 15:31 ). read more
weakeneth = looseneth. strength = girdle. Occurs only here and Psalms 109:19 and Isaiah 23:10 . read more
discovereth = uncovereth. read more
GOD'S WISDOM AND POWER CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF MEN"With God is wisdom and might;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.Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;Again he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.With him is strength and wisdom;The deceived and the deceiver are his.He leadeth counselors away stripped,And judges maketh he fools.He looseth the bond of kings,And bindeth... read more
Job 12:13. With him is wisdom and strength— With him dwell, &c. Counsel and understanding are peculiar to him. Thus Houbigant; who supposes the expression of dwelling to be in immediate opposition to the foregoing verse, where wisdom is said to BE with old men, but here to DWELL with GOD, as in its proper and peculiar home, the fountain of all human wisdom. Job shews, in the following verses, that the affairs of the world, and the fortunes of men, are subject to such a variety of changes... read more
Job 12:15. He withholdeth the waters— This seems to refer to the universal deluge; as the latter part of the next verse probably alludes to the fall. read more
Job 12:19. He leadeth princes away spoiled— He depriveth the priests of their understanding. Schultens. read more
Job 12:20. He removeth away the speech of the trusty— He bereaveth orators of their eloquence. Heath. On the latter clause Peters observes, that when Job would set out the uncontroulable power of God to defeat all the counsels and purposes of men, one of the strongest phrases that he could find to express it by is, He taketh away the understanding of the aged; for in those early days the highest veneration possible was paid to old age. read more
Job 12:21. And weakeneth the strength of the mighty— The girdle being an ornament, the loosing it implies disgrace. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 12:16
wisdom = stability. See note on Proverbs 2:7 . read more