Job 12:21 meaning and explanation

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

Job 12:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is answering his three friends, who have insisted that suffering proves wrongdoing. Here he turns their tidy theology upside down: God is free to raise and topple whomever He chooses, and human rank offers no protection from His judgment.

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