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He makes counselorsיוֹעֲצִיםwalkמוֹלִיךְbarefoot,שׁוֹלָלand judgesוְשֹׁפְטִיםhe drives mad.יְהוֹלֵל
Job 12:17
Study it in the app“He makes counselors walk barefoot, and judges he drives mad.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:17, word by word
- He makes counselorsיוֹעֲצִיםyoatsim
counselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoatsim” appears- walkמוֹלִיךְmolich
lead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “molich” appears- barefootשׁוֹלָלsholal
barefoot, stripped
Barefoot, stripped; said of one led away captive, without clothes or sandals.
Where else “sholal” appears- and judgesשֹׁפְטִיםshoftim
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shoftim” appears- he drives madיְהוֹלֵלyeholel
go mad
To lose one's reason and behave without control, like a madman.
Where else “yeholel” appears
The context
16With him are power and success; to him belong the one who errs and the one who makes others err.
17 · This verse (above)
18He loosens the restraint of kings, and binds a belt on their loins.