Job 12:18
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
BSB
ASV
He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
KJV
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
He looseth the bond of kings--He looseth the authority of kings--the "bond" with which they bind their subjects (Isa 45:1; Da 2:21). a girdle--the cord, with which they are bound as captives, instead of the royal "girdle" they once wore (Isa 22:21), and the bond they once bound others with.
Girdeth - He reduces them to a mean and servile condition; which is thus expressed, because servants did use to gird up their garments (that after the manner of those parts were loose and long) that they might be fitter for attendance upon their masters: he not only deposes them from their thrones, but brings them into slavery.
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Daniel 2:21He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
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Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it…
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
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Revelation 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…
which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
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Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
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Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.