Job 12:21

New English Translation

He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:26

‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said.”

Job 12:18

He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.

Job 3:15

or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

Job 30:11

Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

Job 34:19

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

Psalm 107:40

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

Exodus 16:24

So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.

Exodus 8:2

But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

Isaiah 11:5

Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.

Isaiah 22:21

I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him. He will become a protector of the residents of Jerusalem and of the people of Judah.

Isaiah 23:9

The Lord who commands armies planned it – to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

Isaiah 37:38

One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

Isaiah 40:23

He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

Isaiah 45:1

This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:

Isaiah 5:27

None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.

Amos 2:3

I will remove Moab’s leader; I will kill all Moab’s officials with him.” The Lord has spoken!

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,