King James Version

Job 12:18

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

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מוּסַ֣רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “chastisement”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.מְלָכִ֣יםmelakhimkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.פִּתֵּ֑חַpitechaopenפָּתַחverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “open”, a completed actionH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.וַיֶּאְסֹ֥רvayesorand bindאָסַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bind”, the next action in the storyH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.אֵ֝ז֗וֹרezorgirdleאֵזוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “girdle”, the ordinary formH232something girt; a belt, also a bandgirdle.בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽםbemateneyhemin loinsמֹתֶןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in loins”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins[phrase] greyhound, loins, side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.

Young’s Literal Translation

The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.

World English Bible

He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.

Darby Translation

He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;

Douay-Rheims

He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους, καὶ περιεδησε ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν.