18 “He (A)loosens the [a]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:18 Or discipline

For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the [a](A)desert comes exaltation;
But (B)God is the Judge;
He (C)puts down one and exalts another.

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  1. Psalm 75:6 Or mountainous desert

17 “This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may (A)know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And (B)bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the (C)lowliest of men.”

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32 and (A)you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and (B)seven [a]periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the (C)Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.’

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:32 I.e. years