Job 12:21

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Summary

Job 12:21

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Poureth

Weakeneth the strength of the mighty

General references

Isaiah 40:23

Bible References

Poureth

But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs.

So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.

Of Jezebel also has the Lord spoken, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.’

‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you in this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the Lord.”

He pours contempt upon princes
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty,

To despise all the honored of the earth.

So it will happen in that day,
That the Lord will punish the host of heaven on high,
And the kings of the earth on earth.

It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

“It is He who changes the times and the epochs;
He removes kings and establishes kings;
He gives wisdom to wise men
And knowledge to men of understanding.

and you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.’

And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Weakeneth the strength of the mighty

No one in it is weary or stumbles,

None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.

Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely about him.
I will entrust him with your authority,
And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

General references

He it is who reduces rulers to nothing,
Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.