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Job 12

Job 12:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He looseth
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the bond
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
of kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
, and girdeth
'acar (Hebrew #631)
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
KJV usage: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
Pronounce: aw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
their loins
mothen (Hebrew #4975)
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
KJV usage: + greyhound, loins, side.
Pronounce: mo'-then
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be slender
with a girdle
'ezowr (Hebrew #232)
something girt; a belt, also a band
KJV usage: girdle.
Pronounce: ay-zore'
Origin: from 246
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Girdle,
King,
Loins

Cross References

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2 Chron. 33:11‑14• 11And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
 12And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
 13and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah, he was God.
 14And after this he built the outer wall of the city of David, on the west, toward Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-gate, and carried it round Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah. (2 Chron. 33:11‑14)
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Jer. 52:31‑34• 31And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;
 32and he spoke kindly unto him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
 33And he changed his prison garments; and he ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
 34and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. (Jer. 52:31‑34)
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Dan. 2:21• 21And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding. (Dan. 2:21)
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Rev. 19:16• 16And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. (Rev. 19:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He weakenethb the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;

JND Translation Notes

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b
Lit. "openeth," "relaxeth." see ch. 30.11.