Job 12:17

In 11 translations

BSB

He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

KJV

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

WEB

He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

ASV

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

LSV

Causing counselors to go away [as] a spoil, || Indeed, He makes fools of judges.

YLT

Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.

DBY

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;

DRC

He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility.

GNV

He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.

JPS

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.

LXXE

He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth.

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WLC

מוֹלִ֣יךְ יוֹעֲצִ֣ים שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥ים יְהוֹלֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους, κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησε.

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• Isaiah 29:14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
• 1 Corinthians 1:19–20For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made…
• 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
• 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
• Isaiah 19:12–14Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes…
• Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
• 2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

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