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And he changeth the timesm and the seasons: hen removeth kings, and setteth up kings: hep giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

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Psa. 31:14‑15• ¹⁴But I have trusted in thee, O Jehovah;{HR}I have said, Thou art my God.
¹⁵My times [are] in thy hand;{HR}Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies{HR}And from my persecutors. (Psa. 31:14‑15)

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Psa. 75:6‑7• ⁶For not from east,{HR}Nor from west,{HR}Nor from south [is] lifting up.
⁷For God [is] judge;{HR}One he putteth down,{HR}And lifteth up another. (Psa. 75:6‑7)

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Prov. 2:6‑7• ⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,{HR}A shield to those that walk in integrity; (Prov. 2:6‑7)

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he changeth.

Dan. 2:9• ⁹but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me its interpretation. (Dan. 2:9)

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Dan. 7:25• ²⁵And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High , and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hands, until a time and times and the dividing of time. (Dan. 7:25)

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Dan. 11:6• ⁶And in the end of years they shall join themselves together. For the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement. But she shall not retain the power of the arm. Neither shall he stand nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. (Dan. 11:6)

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1 Chron. 29:30• ³⁰with all his reign and his might, and the times that passed over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. (1 Chron. 29:30)

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Esther 1:13• ¹³Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for so was the king's manner before all that knew law and judgment; (Esther 1:13)

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Job 34:24‑29• ²⁴He breaketh the mighty without inquiry,{HR}And he setteth up others in their stead.
²⁵Therefore he knoweth their works,{HR}And overthroweth them in the night, and they are bruised.
²⁶As wicked did he strike them publicly,
²⁷Who purposely turned aside from after him,{HR}And attended not to any of his ways,
²⁸So that the cry of the poor should come to him,{HR}And the cry of the oppressed he heareth.
²⁹And he giveth rest, and who can disturb?{HR}And hideth his face, and who beholdeth it?{HR}Whether as to a nation or to a man, the same, (Job 34:24‑29)

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Psa. 31:14‑15• ¹⁴But I have trusted in thee, O Jehovah;{HR}I have said, Thou art my God.
¹⁵My times [are] in thy hand;{HR}Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies{HR}And from my persecutors. (Psa. 31:14‑15)

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Eccl. 3:1‑8• ¹To all is a season,{HR}And a time to every purpose under the heavens:
²A time to be born, and a time to die;{HR}A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
³A time to kill, and a time to heal;{HR}A time to break down, and a time to build up;
⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh;{HR}A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
⁵A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;{HR}A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
⁶A time to seek, and a time to lose;{HR}A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
⁷A time to rend, and a time to sew;{HR}A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
⁸A time to love, and a time to hate;{HR}A time for war, and a time for peace. (Eccl. 3:1‑8)

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Jer. 27:5‑7• ⁵I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemeth meet unto me.
⁶And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
⁷And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. (Jer. 27:5‑7)

he removeth.

Dan. 4:17,32• ¹⁷This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
³²and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. (Dan. 4:17,32)

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1 Sam. 2:7‑8• ⁷Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich:{HR}He bringeth low, and lifteth up.
⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,{HR}And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,{HR}To set them among princes,{HR}And to make them inherit the throne of glory:{HR}For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's,{HR}And He hath set the world upon them. (1 Sam. 2:7‑8)

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Job 12:18• ¹⁸The band of kings he looseth,{HR}And bindeth a girdle on their loins. (Job 12:18)

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Psa. 75:5‑6• ⁵Lift not up your horn on high,{HR}Speak not with arrogant neck.
⁶For not from east,{HR}Nor from west,{HR}Nor from south [is] lifting up. (Psa. 75:5‑6)

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Psa. 113:7‑8• ⁷He raiseth from the dust the poor one;{HR}From the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
⁸To set with rulers, with nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)

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Prov. 8:15‑16• ¹⁵By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees;
¹⁶By me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth. (Prov. 8:15‑16)

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Luke 1:51‑52• ⁵¹He hath wrought strength with his arm; he hath scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
⁵²He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly. (Luke 1:51‑52)

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Acts 13:21‑22• ²¹and then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of [the] tribe of Benjamin for forty years.
²²And having removed him, he raised up for them David as king, to whom also bearing witness, he said, I found David, son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who shall do all my will. (Acts 13:21‑22)

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Rev. 19:16• ¹⁶And he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. (Rev. 19:16)

he giveth.

Ex. 31:3,6• ³and have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in every work,
⁶And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of every one that is wise-hearted have I given wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee— (Ex. 31:3,6)

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1 Kings 3:8‑12,28• ⁸And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
⁹Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?
¹⁰And the word pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
¹¹And God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand judgment;
¹²behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
²⁸And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice. (1 Kings 3:8‑12,28)

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1 Kings 4:29• ²⁹And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. (1 Kings 4:29)

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1 Kings 10:24• ²⁴And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. (1 Kings 10:24)

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1 Chron. 22:12• ¹²Only, Jehovah give thee wisdom and understanding, and place thee over Israel, and to keep the law of Jehovah thy God. (1 Chron. 22:12)

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2 Chron. 1:10‑12• ¹⁰Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
¹¹And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
¹²wisdom and knowledge are granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. (2 Chron. 1:10‑12)

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Prov. 2:6‑7• ⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,{HR}A shield to those that walk in integrity; (Prov. 2:6‑7)

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Luke 21:15• ¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist or reply unto. (Luke 21:15)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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James 1:5,17• ⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all freely and reproacheth not; and it shall be given him.
¹⁷Every good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:5,17)

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James 3:15‑17• ¹⁵This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
¹⁶For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed.
¹⁷But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartial. (James 3:15‑17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it is he that changeth times and seasonsa; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "and appointed times," as ch. 3.7, "time."

W. Kelly Translation

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And it is he that changeth the times and seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings, He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)