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Job 12:17-25

17Heleadeth counsellors away spoiled,andjudgesH8199makethhefools;

18Heweakeneththegovernmentofkingsמְלָכִ֣יםme.la.KhimH4428,andbindeththeirloinsבְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃be.ma.te.nei.HemH4975withafetter;

19He leadethpriestsכֹּהֲנִ֣יםko.ha.NimH3548away spoiled,andoverthroweththemighty;

20Hedeprivethofspeechthetrusty,andtakethawayH5493thejudgmentoftheeldersזְקֵנִ֣יםze.ke.NimH2205;

21Hepourethcontemptבּ֭וּזbuzH937uponnoblesנְדִיבִ֑יםne.di.VimH5081,andslackeneththegirdleofthemighty;

22Hediscoverethdeepצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757thingsoutofdarknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,andbringethoutintolightלָא֣וֹרla.'orH216theshadowofdeath;

23He increaseththenationsלַ֭גּוֹיִםLa.go.yimH1471,anddestroyeththem; he spreadethoutthenationsלַ֝גּוֹיִ֗םla.go.YimH1471,andbringeththemin;

24HetakethawayH5493theunderstandingofthechiefsH7218ofthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971oftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andcauseththemtowanderוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582inapathlesswaste.

25Theygropeיְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ye.mash.shu-H4959inthedarkwithoutlightא֑וֹר'orH216,andhemakeththemtostaggerH8582likeadrunkardכַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ka.shi.KorH7910.

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