EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 12:21
21He causes rulers to be ashamed. He destroys the power of strong men.
Job 12:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
- New International Version (NIV)He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.
Context of Job 12:21
19He causes priests to become ashamed. He removes the power of important people. 20He stops faithful men from giving advice. He removes the wisdom of old men. He causes rulers to be ashamed. He destroys the power of strong men. 22He shows people things that have been secrets. He shines light into dark places. 23He can make nations become great. He can also destroy them. He can make their land become bigger. He can also send their people away to other places.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:21 word by word
שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 12:21
- Exodus 8:2If you refuse to let them go, I will send thousands of frogs to bring trouble to your whole country.
- Exodus 16:24So they kept some food until the morning, as Moses had said. This time, the food did not have a bad smell and there were no worms in it.
- 1 Kings 21:23The Lord says this about Jezebel: “Dogs will eat Jezebel's dead body beside the city wall of Jezreel.”
- 2 Kings 9:26“Yesterday, I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons where you murdered them. One day, I will punish you as you deserve. I will do it here on this piece of land. That is what the Lord says.” So now pick up Joram's body and throw it on this piece of land. Do what the Lord has promised he would do.’
- Psalms 107:40Then God causes the enemy's leaders to become ashamed. He makes them travel on roads that go nowhere.
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord Almighty did that! He decided to show that the pride of those people is useless. He decided to bring all those famous people down low.
- Isaiah 24:21At that time, the Lord will punish the powerful beings in the skies above. He will punish the kings who rule on the earth below.
- Isaiah 37:38One day, Sennacherib was worshipping his god Nisrok, in Nisrok's temple. Two of Sennacherib's sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, went in and they killed him with their swords. Then they ran away to the region of Ararat. Sennacherib's son, Esarhaddon, now ruled Assyria as king.
- Daniel 2:21He makes things happen at the right time. He gives to some kings authority to rule. And he takes that authority away from other kings. He causes some people to become wise. He helps people to understand the things that they learn.
- Daniel 4:32People will chase you away from the city so that you live with the wild animals. You will eat grass as cows do. I will cause you to live like that for seven years. Then you will understand that the powerful God above rules over human kingdoms. He gives authority to rule to anyone that he chooses.’
- Matthew 2:12After that, God said to them in a dream, ‘Do not go back to see Herod again.’ So the men followed a different road to return to their own country.
- Acts 12:23Herod let the people praise him, instead of God. So, immediately, an angel of the Lord God caused him to become very ill. Worms ate his body and later he died.
- Isaiah 5:27None of their soldiers are tired. They do not fall down. Nobody rests. Nobody sleeps. They have tied their belts strongly. Their shoes do not break in pieces.
- Isaiah 11:5He will wear justice like a belt round his clothes. He will always be honest and true.
- Isaiah 22:21I will put on him your special clothes. I will tie your belt round him. I will give your authority to him. Then Eliakim will become like a father to the people in Jerusalem and the people in Judah.
- Ephesians 6:10At the end of my letter, I want to say this to you: Be united with the Lord, so that you are strong. Then his great power will help you.
Commentaries on Job 12:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21He poureth contempt upon princes - נדיבים nedibim, "those of royal extraction;" widely different from the כהנים cohanim mentioned Job 12:19. Weakeneth the strength of the mighty - אפיקים aphikim, the compact; the well-strung together; the nervous and sinewy. Perhaps there is a reference here to the crocodile, as the same term is applied, Job 40:13, to the compactness of his bones: and as מזיח רפה rippah meziach, which we translate weakeneth the strength…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21He poureth contempt upon princes - He has power to hurl them from their thrones, and to overwhelm them with disgrace. And weakeneth the strength of the mighty - Margin, as in Hebrew “looseth the girdle of the strong.” The Orientals wore loose flowing robes, which were secured by a girdle around the loins. When they labored, ran, or traveled, their robes were girded up. But this is common everywhere. Wrestlers, leapers, and runners, put a girdle around…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-25Verses 12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Pours out contempt on nobles: Compare Psalm 107:40. disarms the mighty (literally loosens the belt of): The strong are not ready for battle anymore.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Psa 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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