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Job 12:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. "
Job 12:17
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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Job 12:1
"And Job answered and said,"
Job 12:2
"No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die"
Job 12:3
"But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things"
Job 12:4
"I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn."
Job 12:5
"He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease."
Job 12:6
"The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth"
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