Job 12:17

Job chapter 12 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

Context

v.16With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.

v.17This passage

v.18He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 9:24

    The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: Ifit benothe, who then is it?

  • Isaiah 29:14

    therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

  • 2 Samuel 17:23

    And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

  • 2 Samuel 15:31

    And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:19

    For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

  • Job 3:14

    With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;