Job 12:19
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. | He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established. | He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [he is] leading away | מוֹלִ֣יךְ | mo-LIKH | H1980J | to go: wentהָלַךְ (ha.lakh) : went/go[away] 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
| priests | כֹּהֲנִ֣ים | ko-ha-NIM | H3548 | priestכֹּהֵן (ko.hen) 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest Aramaic equivalent: ka.hen (כָּהֵן "priest" H3549) |
| barefoot | שׁוֹלָ֑ל | sho-LAL | H7758 | barefootשׁוֹלָל (sho.lal) barefoot |
| and [people] long established | וְאֵֽתָנִ֣ים | ve-'e-ta-NIM | H0386 | strongאֵיתָן (e.tan) 1) perpetual, constant, perennial, ever-flowing 1a) ever-flowing (of a stream) 1b) permanence, permanent, enduring (fig.) |
| he overturns | יְסַלֵּֽף׃ | ye-sa-LEF | H5557 | to pervertסָלַף (sa.laph) 1) to twist, pervert, distort, overturn, ruin 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to pervert (of bribery) 1a2) to subvert, turn upside down, ruin |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.