KJV King James Version
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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Job 12:18
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
WEB World English Bible
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
ASV American Standard Version
He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
Surrounding context — Job 12
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.
17 He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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Daniel 2:21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:Psalm 116:16O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.Jeremiah 52:31-34And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the [first] year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,2 Chronicles 33:11-14Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.Revelation 19:16And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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