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Job 12:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Job 12:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 Strength and wisdom are his;
his too are the deceived and the deceivers.
17 “He deprives counselors of their wits
and makes fools of judges.
18 He looses the sashes of kings
and gives them only a waistcloth to cover their loins.[a]
Footnotes
- Job 12:18 The probable meaning of the second half of the verse is that God at times reduces kings to slavery.