18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.

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18 He takes off the shackles(A) put on by kings
    and ties a loincloth[a] around their waist.(B)

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Footnotes

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

For exaltation comes neither from the east
Nor from the west nor from the south.

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No one from the east or the west
    or from the desert can exalt themselves.

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But (A)God is the Judge:
(B)He puts down one,
And exalts another.

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It is God who judges:(A)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.(B)

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(A)‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and (B)have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.

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With my great power and outstretched arm(A) I made(B) the earth and its people and the animals(C) that are on it, and I give(D) it to anyone I please.

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35 (A)All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
(B)He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
(C)No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, (D)“What have You done?”

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35 All the peoples of the earth
    are regarded as nothing.(A)
He does as he pleases(B)
    with the powers of heaven
    and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back(C) his hand(D)
    or say to him: “What have you done?”(E)

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