Job 12:18

Translations

Modern

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

Traditional

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

Literal

The bond of kings He loosens, and He binds a waistband around their loins.

Latin

Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum.

Original

Hebrew

English

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

Notes

Job 12:18

When God removes the royal robe of kings, he takes away their symbols of authority (compare 19:9). It can also mean "God loosens the bonds of kings," referring to the control they have imposed on others.

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Daniel 2:21
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
Psalm 116:16
Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
Jeremiah 52:31–34
On 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 and released him from prison.
2 Chronicles 33:11–14
So 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.
Revelation 19:16
And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God Atheism: Arguments Against God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Philosophy: Philosophical Inductions and Deductions Relating to God and his Providence

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