Job 12:21
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁפַךְ
shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc....
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
רָפָה
râphâh
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁפַךְ shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
Study H8210 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →Cross References
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon h...
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of grou...
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of J...
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
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