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17 He leads [great and scheming] counselors away stripped and barefoot and makes the judges fools [in human estimation, by overthrowing their plans].

18 He looses the fetters [ordered] by kings and has [the] waistcloth [of a slave] bound about their [own] loins.

19 He leads away priests as spoil, and men firmly seated He overturns.

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17 He leads rulers away stripped(A)
    and makes fools of judges.(B)
18 He takes off the shackles(C) put on by kings
    and ties a loincloth[a] around their waist.(D)
19 He leads priests away stripped(E)
    and overthrows officials long established.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt