Job 12:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, And judges maketh he fools.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, And maketh the judges fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He leads [great and scheming] counselors away stripped and barefoot and makes the judges fools [in human estimation, by overthrowing their plans].

American Standard Version (1901)

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

Common English Bible

He leads advisors away barefoot; makes madmen of judges;

Catholic Public Domain Version

He leads advisors to a foolish end and judges to stupidity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility.

Job 12:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

Job 19:9

He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

Job 3:14

With kings and counsellors of the earth, Which built up waste places for themselves;

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covereth the faces of the judges thereof; If it be not he, who then is it?

Isaiah 29:14

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Daniel 9:12

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.