Job 12:17

“He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.”

"He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools." - Job 12:17
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What does Job 12:17 mean?

Job 12:17 (KJV) reads, "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools." This verse is from the book of Job in the Old Testament, which is a poem that deals with the problem of human suffering. The specific verse comes from a section where Job is lamenting the…

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The Wisdom of God: A Divine Disruption

In the tapestry of life, God’s divine providence often brings upheaval to human wisdom, a theme poignantly captured in Job 12:17: "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools." This verse, nestled within a dialogue of suffering and divine justice, challenges…

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A Prayer for Divine Wisdom and Understanding in Leadership

O Heavenly Father, In the stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heart full of reverence and a spirit that longs for Your guidance. I am reminded of the powerful truth in Job 12:17, where it is written, "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges…

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Job 12:17 - "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools."
Job 17:12 - "They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness."
"They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness." - Job 17:12
Job 12:1 - "And Job answered and said,"
Job 42:17 - "So Job died, being old and full of days."
Job 12:12 - "With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding."
"And Job answered and said," - Job 12:1
"So Job died, being old and full of days." - Job 42:17
Job 32:12 - "Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:"
Job 3:17 - "There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest."
Job 41:17 - "They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered."
Job 17:2 - "Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?"
"With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding." - Job 12:12
Job 8:17 - "His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones."
Job 20:17 - "He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter."
Job 16:17 - "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure."
Job 13:17 - "Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears."
Job 17:15 - "And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?"
Job 12:16 - "With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his."
Job 9:17 - "For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause."
Job 17:1 - "My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me."
Job 29:17 - "And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."
Job 28:17 - "The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold."
Job 21:12 - "They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ."
Job 6:17 - "What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place."
Job 31:17 - "Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"
Job 17:6 - "He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."
Job 17:7 - "Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow."
Job 30:17 - "My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest."