Job 12:21 Douay-Rheims

He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1871 Reformed

job 12:21Psa 107:40 quotes, in its first clause, this verse and, in its second, Job 12:24. weakeneth the strength--literally, "looseth the girdle"; Orientals wear flowing garments; when active strength is to be put forth, they gird up their garments with a girdle. Hence here--"He destroyeth their power" in the eyes of the people.

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1871 · Job 12:21

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