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Job 12:17

Hebrew
ESV
He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
NIV
He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.
NLT
He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment; wise judges become fools.
LXX
διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους κριτὰς δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
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Meaning:

* Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5)

Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”.

It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1
ἐξέστησεν
KJV
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

Job 12:16 ← Job 12:17 → Job 12:18

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