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Job 12:17-19
New Catholic Bible
Job 12:17-19
New Catholic Bible
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]
19 He forces priests to walk barefoot
and overthrows those in positions of power.
Footnotes
- Job 12:18 The probable meaning of the second half of the verse is that God at times reduces kings to slavery.