OLD TESTAMENT

Job 12:17

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He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

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Verse 17. To a. Hebrew “to be despoiled” of their wisdom and riches. Calmet.—Septuagint “into captivity.” Bible.—Crafty plotters at last fall into such misconduct, as to be derided by men of the meanest capacity. Worthington.

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