Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead.
New American Standard Bible
And binds their loins with a girdle.
King James Version
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Holman Bible
and fastens a belt around their waists.
A Conservative Version
He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
American Standard Version
He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Amplified
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a loincloth.
Bible in Basic English
He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;
Darby Translation
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
Julia Smith Translation
He loosed the bonds of kings, and he will gird upon their loins a girdle.
King James 2000
He looses the bonds of kings, and girds their loins with a waistband.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He loosens [the] fetters of kings, and he binds a loincloth on their loins.
Modern King James verseion
He cuts away the bonds of kings, and binds their loins with a girdle.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He taketh away the subjection of the people from their kings, and girdeth their loins with a bond.
NET Bible
He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.
New Heart English Bible
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
The Emphasized Bible
The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave's waistcloth about their loins:
Webster
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
World English Bible
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
Youngs Literal Translation
The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
Themes
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 12:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
If You Want To Learn
17 He leads counselors away naked; he turns judges into fools. 18 He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead. 19 He leads away the priests naked and overthrows the ruling class.
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Cross References
Psalm 116:16
LORD, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant. I am the son of your handmaid. You have released my bonds.
2 Chronicles 33:11-14
so the LORD brought in the army commanders who worked for the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him in bronze chains, and took him off to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:31-34
In the first year of his reign, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, showed favor to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah.
Daniel 2:21
It is God who alters the times and seasons, and he removes kings and promotes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
Revelation 19:16
On his robe that covers his thigh he has a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS