Job 12:14

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up,.... Or "lays a restraint in" or "on the waters" (s); either in the ocean, as he did at the creation, when he gathered the waters that were upon the…

Behold, he breaketh down - None can repair what he pulls down. Cities and towns he can devote to ruin by fire, or earthquake, or the pestilence, and so completely destroy them that they can never be…

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,…

breaketh down e.g. fenced cities, devoting them to ruin, cf. ch. Job 15:28.

shutteth up a man In prison, as captive kings and the like, cf. Jer 22:24 seq., 2Ki 25:27 seq.