Job 12:17
Strong's Lexicon
He leads counselors
יוֹעֲצִ֣ים (yō·w·‘ă·ṣîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3289: 1) to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to advise, counsel, give counsel, consult 1a2) counsellor (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to consult together, exchange counsel, deliberate, counsel together 1c) (Hithpael) to conspire

away
מוֹלִ֣יךְ (mō·w·lîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

barefoot
שׁוֹלָ֑ל (šō·w·lāl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7758: 1) barefoot

and makes fools
יְהוֹלֵֽל׃ (yə·hō·w·lêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1984: 1) to shine 1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour) 1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light 2) to praise, boast, be boastful 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be boastful 2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle) 2b) (Piel) 2b1) to praise 2b2) to boast, make a boast 2c) (Pual) 2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise 2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast 2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool 2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

of judges.
וְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥ים (wə·šō·p̄ə·ṭîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8199: 1) to judge, govern, vindicate, punish 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man) 1a1a) to rule, govern, judge 1a2) to decide controversy (of God, man) 1a3) to execute judgment 1a3a) discriminating (of man) 1a3b) vindicating 1a3c) condemning and punishing 1a3d) at theophanic advent for final judgment 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together 1b2) to be judged 1c) (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

Young's Literal Translation
Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes judges go mad. 

New American Standard Bible
"He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

King James Bible
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.

New Living Translation
He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment; wise judges become fools.

English Standard Version
He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.

New American Standard Bible
"He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

King James Bible
He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes judges go mad.

International Standard Version
He leads counselors away naked; he turns judges into fools.

NET Bible
He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

American Standard Version
He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

English Revised Version
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools.

Young's Literal Translation
Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.
















Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Job 3:14
With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Job 19:9
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Daniel 9:12
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Job 12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Job 12:18
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

Job 12:19
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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