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Job 12:18 KJV
Job · chapter 12 · verse 18
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.Job 12:18 · King James Version
Job 12:18 in context
16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- loosethpâthachto open wideH6605 →
- girdethʼâçarto yoke or hitchH631 →
- kingsmeleka kingH4428 →
- loinsmôthenproperly, the waist or small of the backH4975 →
- bondmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
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This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will, which none dares gainsay or can resist.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-25