Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and fastens a belt around their waists.
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.
International Standard Version
He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead.
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
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and makes judges go mad.
and fastens a belt around their waists.
and overthrows established leaders.
Phrases
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Cross References
Psalm 116:16
I am Your servant, the son of Your female servant.
You have loosened my bonds.
2 Chronicles 33:11-14
So He brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:31-34
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.
Daniel 2:21
He removes kings and establishes kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those
who have understanding.
Revelation 19:16
And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh:
KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS.