Job 12:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ He looses the sash of kings and binds a waistcloth on their loins.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ He looseth the bond of kings, And girdeth their loins with a girdle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ He looses the fetters [ordered] by kings and has [the] waistcloth [of a slave] bound about their [own] loins.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁸ unties the belt of kings, binds a garment around their loins;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ He removes the belt of kings and encircles their waist with a rope.

Job 12:18 Cross References

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.

Revelation 19:16

On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Job 3:14

with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuild ruins for themselves,

Job 12:21

He pours contempt on princes and looses the belt of the strong.

Isaiah 5:27

None of them is weary; none stumbles; none slumbers or sleeps; not a loincloth is loose; not a sandal strap broken;

Job 30:11

Because God has loosed my bowstring and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.