Job 12:21

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He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.	He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.	He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He poureth^H8210 contempt^H937 upon princes^H5081, and weakeneth^H7503 the strength^H4206 of the mighty^H650.

Original Hebrew

שֹׁופֵךְ בּוּז עַל־נְדִיבִים וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ	sho.Fekh	H8210	HVqrmsa	(he is) pouring
בּ֭וּז	buz	H937	HNcmsa	contempt
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
נְדִיבִ֑ים	ne.di.Vim	H5081	HAampa	noble (people)
וּ/מְזִ֖יחַ	u./me.Zi.ach	H4206	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) belt of
אֲפִיקִ֣ים	'a.fi.Kim	H650	HNcmpa	strong people
רִפָּֽה	ri.Pah	H7503	HVpp3ms	he loosens

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H650 — אָפִיק (ʼâphîyq, aw-feek'): from אָסַף; properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero; brook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.
H937 — בּוּז (bûwz, booz): from בּוּז; disrespect; contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
H4206 — מָזִיחַ (mâzîyach, maw-zee'-akh): or מֵזַח; from זָחַח; a belt (as movable); girdle, strength.
H5081 — נָדִיב (nâdîyb, naw-deeb'): from נָדַב; properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant); free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing (hearted).
H7503 — רָפָה (râphâh, raw-faw'): a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative); abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See רָפָא.
H8210 — שָׁפַךְ (shâphak, shaw-fak'): a primitive root; 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; cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

poureth — Exodus 8:2, Exodus 16:24, 1 Kings 21:23-24, 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Kings 9:34-37, Psalms 107:40, Isaiah 23:9, Isaiah 24:21-22, Isaiah 37:38, Daniel 2:21-22, Daniel 4:32-33, Matthew 2:12-13, Acts 12:23
weakeneth the strength of the mighty — Isaiah 5:27, Isaiah 11:5, Isaiah 22:21, Ephesians 6:10, Ephesians 6:14

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