Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Effundit despectionem super principes, eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπ᾽ ἄρχοντας, ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה
Haydock's commentary
Relieveth. Hebrew, "ungirdeth (disarms) the strong." (Calmet)
Septuagint, "but the lowly (humble) he has healed."
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.