Job 12:14 · KJV
“Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. {up: Heb. upon}”
— Job 12:14
With him {is} wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. {With...: that is, With God}
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12 — Context
With the ancient {is} wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13With him {is} wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. {With...: that is, With God}
14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. {up: Heb. upon}
15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16With him {is} strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver {are} his.
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.
Revelation 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;
Job 11:10
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? {cut...: or, make a change} {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}
Malachi 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.
Job 19:10
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Job 9:12-13
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}
1 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. {delivered: Heb. shut up}
Jeremiah 51:58
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. {The broad...: or, The walls of broad Babylon} {broken: or, made naked}