Job Presents His Case
Job 12:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
- KJV
- He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
- WEB
- He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
- ASV
- He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
- LSV
- He has opened the bands of kings, || And He binds a girdle on their loins.
- YLT
- The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
- DBY
- He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
- DRC
- He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord.
- GNV
- He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
- JPS
- He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
- LXXE
- He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מוּסַ֣ר מְלָכִ֣ים פִּתֵּ֑חַ וַיֶּאְסֹ֥ר אֵ֝ז֗וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους, καὶ περιεδησε ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Daniel 2:21He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
- Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
- Jeremiah 52:31–34On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah…
- 2 Chronicles 33:11–14So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. And in his distress, Manasseh…
- Revelation 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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