Job 12:18 · KJV
“He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.”
— Job 12:18
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Job 12 — Context
With him {is} strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver {are} his.
17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. {speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful}
Cross References
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:
Psalms 116:16
O LORD, truly I {am} thy servant; I {am} thy servant, {and} the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
2 Chronicles 33:11-14
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. {of the king: Heb. which were the king's} {fetters: or, chains}
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,
Revelation 19:16
And he hath on {his} vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.