Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Job sarcastically concedes his friends' wisdom before asserting that he has understanding equal to theirs. He surveys God's sovereign control over nations, counselors, priests, and kings, bringing them to ruin or exalting them at will. The chapter emphasizes divine freedom …
Other Translations
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.
Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
Cross References
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to …
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none …
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with …
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon …
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall …
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is …
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?