| Job 12:21 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | He pours contempt on influential people and unbuckles the belt of the mighty.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. |
| ASV: | He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. |
| BBE: | He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong; |
| DBY: | He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty; |
| ERV: | He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong. |
| JPS: | He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong. |
| WBS: | He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. |
| WEB: | He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong. |
| YLT: | Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. |
| Job 12:21 Cross References |
| XREF: | Job 12:18 "He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.
Job 34:19 Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?
Psalm 107:40 He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| MHC: | 12:12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He gives many instances of God's powerful management of the children of men, overruling all their counsels, and overcoming all their oppositions. Having all strength and wisdom, God knows how to make use, even of those who are foolish and bad; otherwise there is so little wisdom and so little honesty in the world, that all had been in confusion and ruin long ago. These important truths were suited to convince the disputants that they were out of their depth in attempting to assign the Lord's reasons for afflicting Job; his ways are unsearchable, and his judgments past finding out. Let us remark what beautiful illustrations there are in the word of God, confirming his sovereignty, and wisdom in that sovereignty: but the highest and infinitely the most important is, that the Lord Jesus was crucified by the malice of the Jews; and who but the Lord could have known that this one event was the salvation of the world? |
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