Job 12:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ He poureth contempt upon princes, And weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them, bringing low the pride of the learned].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

Common English Bible

²¹ pours contempt on royalty; loosens the belt of the strong;

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ He pours distain upon the leaders, relieving those who had been oppressed.

Job 12:21 Cross References

Psalm 107:40

He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Acts 12:23

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Isaiah 37:38

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

Isaiah 23:9

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Isaiah 22:21

and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

Isaiah 11:5

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

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:

2 Kings 9:26

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

Exodus 16:24

And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

Exodus 8:2

And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

Job 3:15

Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

Job 12:18

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

Job 34:19

How much less to him that respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of his hands.

Isaiah 40:23

that bringeth princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Isaiah 45:1

Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut;

Amos 2:3

and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Job 30:11

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