Job 12:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord.

Job 12:18 Cross References

Job 12:21

He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

Job 3:14

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

Job 30:11

For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me, And they have cast off the bridle before me.

Psalm 116:16

O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Isaiah 5:27

None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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:

Matthew 3:4

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Revelation 19:16

And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.