Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
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.
International Standard Version
He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead.
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 stripped, and he makes judges fools. 18 He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt. 19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
Phrases
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Cross References
Psalm 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant. I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou have loosed my bonds.
2 Chronicles 33:11-14
Therefore LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:31-34
And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted u
Daniel 2:21
And he changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.
Revelation 19:16
And he has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.