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17 He makes (A)counselors walk [a]barefoot
And makes fools of (B)judges.
18 He (C)opens the [b]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a belt.
19 He makes priests walk [c]barefoot
And subverts (D)the enduring ones.

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  1. Job 12:17 Or stripped
  2. Job 12:18 Or discipline
  3. Job 12:19 Or stripped

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)

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  1. Job 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt

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.

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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.

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  1. Job 12:19 Lit. priests, but not in a technical sense