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Job 12:18

God's power and sovereignty

16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
KJV
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
WEB
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
ASV
He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
DARBY
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
BLB
The bond of kings He loosens, and He binds a waistband around their loins.
ÅB
Kongers tvangsbånd løser han og binder rep om deres lender.
OTB
Han fjerner kongers lenker
og binder et lendeklede rundt deres midje.
B1930
Kongers tvangsbånd løser han og binder rep om deres lender.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Daniel 2:21

    And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

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  • Psalms 116:16

    O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

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  • Jeremiah 52:31–34

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:11–14

    Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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  • Revelation 19:16

    And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

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