Job 12:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

He carieth awaye the wyse men, as it were a spoyle, and bryngeth the iudges out of their wyttes.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Whan Achitophel sawe that his coucell wente not forth, he sadled his asse, gat him vp, and wete home in to his cite and put his house to poynte, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buried in his fathers graue.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 therfore wil I also shewe vnto this people, a maruelous terrible and greate thinge (Namely this:) I wil destroye the wisdome of their wise, and the vnderstodinge of their lerned men shal perish.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is wrytte: I wyl destroye the wyssdome of the wyse, & wil cast away the vnderstondinge of ye prudet. 20 Where are the wyse? Where are ye scrybes? where are ye disputers of this worlde?
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And whan it was tolde Dauid, that Achitophel was in the cofederacy with Absalom, he sayde: LORDE turne thou Achitophels councell to foolishnes.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then sayde Absalom and euery man in Israel: The councell of Chusai the Arachite is better then Achitophels councell. But the LORDE broughte it so to passe, that ye good councell of Achitophel was hyndred, that the LORDE mighte brynge euell vpon Absalom.
  • Job 3:14 : 14 like as the kynges ad lordes of ye earth, which buylde them selues speciall places:
  • Job 9:24 : 24 As for the worlde, he geueth it ouer in to the power of the wicked, soch as the rulers be, wherof all londes are full. Is it not so? where is there eny, but he is soch one?
  • Isa 19:12-14 : 12 I am come of ye olde regall Progeny. But where are now thy wyse me? Let them tel the & shewe the, what the LORDE of hoostes hath taken in honde agaynst Egypte. 13 Fooles are those prynces of Zoan, & proude are the prynces of Noph: yee they dysceaue Egypte mith the nobilite of their stocke. 14 For the LORDE hath made Egypte droncke with the sprete of erroure, and they shal vse it in all matters: eue like as a dronke ma goeth spewinge aboute.

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    18He lowseth the gyrdle of kynges, and gyrdeth their loynes with a bonde.

    19he ledeth awaye the prestes into captiuyte, and turneth the mightie vp syde downe.

    20He taketh the verite from out of the mouth, & disapoynteth ye aged of their wy?dome.

    21He poureth out confucion vpon prynces, and coforteth them that haue bene oppressed.

    22Loke what lyeth hyd in darcknesse, he declareth it opely: and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light.

    23He both increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: He maketh them to multiplie, and dryueth them awaye.

    24He chaungeth the herte of the prynces and kynges of the earth, and disapoynteth them: so that they go wadringe out of the waye,

    25and grope in the darke without light, stackeringe to and fro like droncken men.

  • Job 12:15-16
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    15Beholde, yf he witholde the waters, they drye vp: Yf he let the go, they destroye the earth.

    16With him is strength and wy?dome: he knoweth both the disceauer, and him that is disceaued.

  • Job 5:12-13
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    12Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that they are not able to perfourme the thynges that they take in hode:

    13which compaseth ye wyse in their owne craftynesse, and ouertroweth the councell of the wicked:

  • Prov 12:15
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    15Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

  • Isa 40:23
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    23That he bringeth princes to nothinge, and the iudges of the earth to dust:

  • Job 12:13
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    13Yee with God is wy?dome and strength, it is he that hath councell & foreknowlege.

  • Isa 44:25
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    25I destroye the tokens of witches, and make the Sothsayers go wronge. As for the wise, I turne them bacward, and make their conninge folishnesse.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40Though he suffre the to be euell intreated thorow tyrauntes, or let them wandre out of the waye in the wildernesse:

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

    8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Job 3:14
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    14like as the kynges ad lordes of ye earth, which buylde them selues speciall places:

  • Prov 17:16
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    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

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    12He distributeth also on euery syde, acordinge as it pleaseth him to deale out his workes, that they maye do, what so euer he commaundeth the thorow the whole worlde:

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    16For all they which enfourme the people that they be in a right case, soch be disceauers. Soch as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge these, are but cast awaye.

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    24Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.

  • Job 26:3
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    3Where is ye coucell yt thou shuldest geue him, which hath no wy?dome? Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes?

  • Prov 15:21
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    21A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

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    7His presumptuous goinges shal be kepte in, and his owne councell shal cast him downe.

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    10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

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    24Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 20:26
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    26A wyse kynge destroyeth ye vngodly, & bryngeth the whele ouer them.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • Job 36:17
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    17Neuerthelesse, thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly, yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre.

  • Job 22:18
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    23A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

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    32for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio.

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    11Then shal they take a fresh corage vnto them, to go forth & to do more euell, & so ascrybe that power vnto their God.

  • Job 9:23
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    23And though he slaye sodenly wt the scourge, yet laugheth he at the punyshment of the innocent.

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    16A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

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    22Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,

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    10Be wyse now therfore (o ye kynges) be warned, ye that are iudges of the earth.

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