New English Translation
Job 12:19
19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
Job 12:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
- New International Version (NIV)He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.
Context of Job 12:19
17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools. 18He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates. 20He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. 21He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.
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מוֹלִ֣יךְ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְאֵֽתָנִ֣ים יְסַלֵּֽף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:19
- Joshua 10:24When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.
- 1 Samuel 17:45But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!
- Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
- Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:
- Revelation 17:14They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”
- Revelation 19:19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.
Commentaries on Job 12:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty - What multitudes of proofs of this does the history of the world present! Even the late disastrous war with the French republic and empire, which began in 1793, and continued without intermission till 1814, was afterwards renewed, and had a catastrophe that went nearly to ruin Europe. How many princes, or rather priests, כהנים cohanim, have been spoiled of their power, influence, and authority…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19He leadeth princes away spoiled - That is, plundered. The word here rendered “princes” כהנים kôhênı̂ym means properly priests, and it is usually so rendered in the Scriptures. The ancient Hebrew interpreters suppose that the word sometimes also means prince. The Chaldee paraphrasist has not unfrequently so rendered it, using the word רבא to express it; Genesis 41:45; Psalm 110:4. In this place, the Vulgate renders it, “sacerdotes;” and the Septuagint…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. 19The priests lose their status or their priestly robes. They might even be naked captives (12:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. princes--rather, "priests," as the Hebrew is rendered (Psa 99:6). Even the sacred ministers of religion are not exempt from reverses and captivity. the mighty--rather, "the firm-rooted in power"; the Arabic root expresses ever-flowing water [Umbreit].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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