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

If thou wilt not let them go, behold: I will smite all thy land with frogs.

And they laid it up till the morning as Moses bade, and it stank not, neither was there any worms therein.

And thereto against Jezebel came the word of the LORD, saying, "Dogs shall eat Jezebel, under the walls of Jezreel.

'I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and of his sons,' said the LORD, 'and I will quite him in this ground,' sayeth the LORD. Now therefore take him and cast him in the plot of ground according to the word of the LORD."

though he suffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants, or let them wander out of the way in the wilderness,

Even the LORD of Hosts hath devised it, that he may put down all pomp, and minish all the Glory of the world.

At in that day shall the LORD muster together the high host above, and the kings of the world upon the earth.

Afterward it chanced, as he prayed in the temple of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his own sons, slew him with the sword, and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned after him.

He changeth the times and ages; he putteth down kings, he setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and understanding to those that understand;

Thou shalt be cast out of men's company: thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, so that thou shalt eat grass like as an ox, till seven years be come and gone over thee: even until thou knowest, that the highest hath power upon the kingdoms of men, and that he may give them, unto whom it pleaseth him.'"

And after they were warned of God in a dream that they should not go again to Herod, they returned into their own country another way.

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the honour, and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Weakeneth the strength of the mighty

There is not one faint or feeble among them, no not a sluggish nor slippery person. There shall not one of them put off the girdle from his loins, nor loose the latchet of his shoe.

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

and array him with thy coat, and gird him with thy girdle, and I will give thy power into his hand. He shall be a father of the citizens of Jerusalem, and of the kindred of Judah.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

General references

That he bringeth princes to nothing, and the judges of the earth to dust;