Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.
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.
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.
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 makes judges into fools. 18 He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist. 19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
Phrases
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Cross References
Psalm 116:16
Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death.
2 Chronicles 33:11-14
So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:31-34
In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.
Daniel 2:21
He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;
Revelation 19:16
He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."