He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will, which none dares gainsay or can resist.
Commenting on Job 12:12-25
He looseth the bonds of kings,.... Not with which they themselves may be bound, being taken prisoners, or being so before made kings, and brought from thence to reign, as in Ecc 4:14; but that which they bind on their subjects, a yoke of bondage, tyranny, and oppression; so that to loose their bond is to loose their subjects from it, and free them from...
Job 12:17-21 17 He leadeth away counsellors stripped of their robes, And maketh judges fools. 18 The authority of kings He looseth, And bindeth their loins with bands. 19 He leadeth away priests stripped of their robes, And overthroweth those who are firmly established. 20 He removeth the speech of the eloquent, And taketh away the judgment of the aged.
Commenting on Job 12:17-21