Job 12:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.”
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BSBPD
“He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 12:17 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- 2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
- Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
- Isaiah 19:12Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
- Isaiah 29:14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
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