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Job 12:18

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave's waistcloth about their loins:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loines with a girdle.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He brings kings down to beg at the gates, and girds their loins with girdles of power.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He looseth 6605
{6605} Prime
פָּתַח
pathach
{paw-thakh'}
A primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically to loosen, begin, plough, carve.
z8765
<8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2121
the bond 4148
{4148} Prime
מוּסָר
muwcar
{moo-sawr'}
From H3256; properly chastisement; figuratively reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint.
of kings, 4428
{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
and girdeth 631
{0631} Prime
אָסַר
'acar
{aw-sar'}
A primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy to fasten in any sense, to join battle.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
their loins 4975
{4975} Prime
מָתֶן
mothen
{mo'-then}
From an unused root meaning to be slender; properly the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins.
with a girdle. 232
{0232} Prime
אֵזוֹר
'ezowr
{ay-zore'}
From H0246; something girt; a belt, also a band.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 12:18

_ _ He looseth the bond of kings — He looseth the authority of kings — the “bond” with which they bind their subjects (Isaiah 45:1; Genesis 14:4; Daniel 2:21).

_ _ a girdle — the cord, with which they are bound as captives, instead of the royal “girdle” they once wore (Isaiah 22:21), and the bond they once bound others with. So “gird” — put on one the bonds of a prisoner instead of the ordinary girdle (John 21:18).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 12:12-25.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 12:18

Looseth — He freeth them from that wherewith they bind their subjects to obedience, their power and authority, and that majesty which God stamps upon kings, to keep their people in awe. Girdeth — He reduces them to a mean and servile condition; which is thus expressed, because servants did use to gird up their garments (that after the manner of those parts were loose and long) that they might be fitter for attendance upon their masters: he not only deposes them from their thrones, but brings them into slavery.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 12:18

(i) He looseth (k) the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

(i) He takes wisdom from them.

(k) He abates the humour of princes, and brings them into the subjection of others.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

2 Chronicles 33:11-14 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. ... 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.
Jeremiah 52:31-34 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, ... 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.
Daniel 2:21 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:
Revelation 19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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2Ch 33:11. Jr 52:31. Dn 2:21. Rv 19:16.

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