Job 12:17

Leadeth counsellors. The counsels of wise and great men do not prevail against God. The word translated “spoiled” literally means “barefoot,” hence, “stripped.” The figure is probably an allusion to the practice of removing the outer garments of captives of war (see Micah 1:8). Judges fools. God has power to defeat the counsels of men who seem most competent to give counsel. Job makes vivid the contrast between the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the greatest of men.