King James Version
Job 12:18 in the King James Version says “He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.” — study this verse from Job chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.”
Job 12:18 · KJV
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. speech: Heb. lip of the faithful
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the bond”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
“He looseth”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“and girdeth”
H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
“their loins”
H4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
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