18He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.


In Context

15 If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

16 To him belong strength and victory; both deceived and deceiver are his.

17 He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.

18 He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.

19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long established.

20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.

Job 12:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:18He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:18He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:18He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle.