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Job Chapter 12 verse 18 Holy Bible

ASV Job 12:18

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

He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;
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DARBY Job 12:18

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

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

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

He loosens the bond of kings, He binds their loins with a belt.
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YLT Job 12:18

The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. This may either mean that God at his pleasure both looses kings from captivity, and also binds them with a cord and causes them to be carried away captive; or that he looses the authority which kings have over their subjects, and then lets them be carried away captive by their enemies. The latter is perhaps the more probable sense.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) He looseth the bond of kings.--He looseth the confederacy of kings, by which they bind themselves together, and girdeth them to fight against each other. Some understand it of the girdle of servitude in contrast to the girdle of state.