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Job 12

Job 12:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hee poureth
shaphak (Hebrew #8210)
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
KJV usage: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
Pronounce: shaw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
contempt
buwz (Hebrew #937)
disrespect
KJV usage: contempt(-uo usly), despised, shamed.
Pronounce: booz
Origin: from 936
upon princes
nadiyb (Hebrew #5081)
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
KJV usage: free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing ((hearted)).
Pronounce: naw-deeb'
Origin: from 5068
, and ζweakeneth
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
the strength
maziyach (Hebrew #4206)
from 2118; a belt (as movable)
KJV usage: girdle, strength.
Pronounce: maw-zee'-akh
Origin: or mezach {may-zakh'}
of the mighty
'aphiyq (Hebrew #650)
properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
KJV usage: brook, channel, mighty, river, + scale, stream, strong piece.
Pronounce: aw-feek'
Origin: from 622
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Dan. 2:21‑22• 21And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding.
 22It is he that revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (Dan. 2:21‑22)
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or, looseth the girdle of the strong.

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Cross References

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poureth.
Ex. 8:2• 2And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs. (Ex. 8:2)
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Ex. 16:24• 24And they laid it up for the morning, as Moses had commanded; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it. (Ex. 16:24)
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1 Kings 21:23‑24• 23And of Jezebel also spoke Jehovah saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the moat of Jizreel.
 24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat. (1 Kings 21:23‑24)
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2 Kings 9:26,34‑37• 26Certainly I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plot, saith Jehovah. And now, take and cast him into the plot, according to the word of Jehovah.
 34And he came in, and ate and drank; and he said, Go, look, I pray you, after this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.
 35And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
 36And they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite saying, In the plot of Jizreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;
 37and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the open field in the plot of Jizreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. (2 Kings 9:26,34‑37)
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Psa. 107:40• 40He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; (Psa. 107:40)
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Isa. 23:9• 9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth. (Isa. 23:9)
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Isa. 24:21‑22• 21And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
 22And they shall be brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited. (Isa. 24:21‑22)
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Isa. 37:38• 38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:38)
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Dan. 2:21‑22• 21And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding.
 22It is he that revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (Dan. 2:21‑22)
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Dan. 4:32‑33• 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.
 33The same hour was the word fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen; and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. (Dan. 4:32‑33)
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Matt. 2:12‑13• 12And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
 13Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to thee the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it. (Matt. 2:12‑13)
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Acts 12:23• 23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms. (Acts 12:23)
weakened the strength of the mighty.
or, looseth the girdleof the strong.
Isa. 5:27• 27None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken; (Isa. 5:27)
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Isa. 11:5• 5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins. (Isa. 11:5)
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Isa. 22:21• 21and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. (Isa. 22:21)
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Eph. 6:10,14• 10For the rest, brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the might of his strength.
 14Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (Eph. 6:10,14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;