Job 12:18
The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
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- Ps 116:16 : 16 Cause `it' to come, O Jehovah, for I `am' Thy servant. I `am' Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.
- Dan 2:21 : 21 And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.
- Jer 52:31-34 : 31 And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint, 32 and speaketh with him good things, and setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who `are' with him in Babylon, 33 and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life. 34 And his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him by the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, till the day of his death -- all days of his life.
- 2 Chr 33:11-14 : 11 and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon. 12 And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers, 13 and prayeth unto Him, and He is entreated of him, and heareth his supplication, and bringeth him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knoweth that Jehovah -- He `is' God. 14 And after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.
- Rev 19:16 : 16 and he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, `King of kings, and Lord of lords.'
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- Job 12:19-257 verses82%
19 Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.
20 Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.
21 Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
22 Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.
23 Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
24 Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
25 They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
- Job 12:14-174 verses79%
14 Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.
15 Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.
16 With Him `are' strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.
17 Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.
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8 To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron,
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8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
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5 And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins.
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11 Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
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3 `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
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22 To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise.
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19 It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.
- Jer 13:1-22 verses70%
1 Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:'
2 and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place `it' on my loins.
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23 He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
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12 And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.
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20 The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.
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13 And now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away.
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40 He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way.
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4 Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
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12 He doth gather the spirit of leaders, Fearful to the kings of earth!
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21 And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.
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15 Girded with a girdle on their loins, Dyed attire spread out on their heads, The appearance of rulers -- all of them, The likeness of sons of Babylon, Chaldea is the land of their birth.
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24 He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.
- Job 36:15-162 verses67%
15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
16 And also He moved thee from a strait place, `To' a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
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26 A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.
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21 And I have clothed him with thy coat, And with thy girdle I strengthen him, And thy garment I give into his hand, And he hath been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.
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6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
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4 Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'
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39 And Thou girdest me `with' strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.
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32 God! who is girding me `with' strength, And He maketh perfect my way.
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11 From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out `to' light.
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18 By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.
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10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.
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10 Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.
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7 Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
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14 With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
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19 And I have thrust thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down.
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22 And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
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17 He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.
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6 then the king's countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.
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8 And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I break his yoke from off thy neck, And thy bands I draw away, And lay no more service on him do strangers.
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13 Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.