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Job 12:16-25
New King James Version
Job 12:16-25
New King James Version
16 With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
19 He leads [a]princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.
20 (A)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 (B)He pours contempt on princes,
And [b]disarms the mighty.
22 He (C)uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
23 (D)He makes nations great, and destroys them;
He [c]enlarges nations, and guides them.
24 He takes away the [d]understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And (E)makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
25 (F)They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them (G)stagger like a drunken man.
Job 12:16-25
New International Version
Job 12:16-25
New International Version
16 To him belong strength and insight;(A)
both deceived and deceiver are his.(B)
17 He leads rulers away stripped(C)
and makes fools of judges.(D)
18 He takes off the shackles(E) put on by kings
and ties a loincloth[a] around their waist.(F)
19 He leads priests away stripped(G)
and overthrows officials long established.(H)
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.(I)
21 He pours contempt on nobles(J)
and disarms the mighty.(K)
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(L)
and brings utter darkness(M) into the light.(N)
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;(O)
he enlarges nations,(P) and disperses them.(Q)
24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;(R)
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.(S)
25 They grope in darkness with no light;(T)
he makes them stagger like drunkards.(U)
Footnotes
- Job 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt
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