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Job 12:17-25
New International Version
Job 12:17-25
New International Version
17 He leads rulers away stripped(A)
and makes fools of judges.(B)
18 He takes off the shackles(C) put on by kings
and ties a loincloth[a] around their waist.(D)
19 He leads priests away stripped(E)
and overthrows officials long established.(F)
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.(G)
21 He pours contempt on nobles(H)
and disarms the mighty.(I)
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(J)
and brings utter darkness(K) into the light.(L)
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;(M)
he enlarges nations,(N) and disperses them.(O)
24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;(P)
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.(Q)
25 They grope in darkness with no light;(R)
he makes them stagger like drunkards.(S)
Footnotes
- Job 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt
Job 12:17-25
King James Version
Job 12:17-25
King James Version
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 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.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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