Job 12:18

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

He looseth {H6605} the bond {H4148} of kings {H4428}, and girdeth {H631} their loins {H4975} with a girdle {H232}.

He removes authority from kings, then binds them up [as prisoners].

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 2:21 (5 votes)

    And 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:

  • Jeremiah 52:31 (3 votes)

    ¶ And 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,

  • Jeremiah 52:34 (3 votes)

    And [for] his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

  • Psalms 116:16 (3 votes)

    O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:11 (3 votes)

    ¶ Wherefore 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:14 (3 votes)

    Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

  • Revelation 19:16 (2 votes)

    And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.