Job 12:21

He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms ¹  the powerful. ² 

Ex 8:2; Ex 16:24; 1Ki 21:23,24; 2Ki 9:26,34-37; Ps 107:40; Isa 5:27; Isa 11:5; Isa 22:21; Isa 23:9; Isa 24:21,22; Isa 37:38; Da 2:21,22; Da 4:32,33; Mt 2:12,13; Ac 12:23; Eph 6:10,14

¹ tn The expression in Hebrew uses מְזִיחַ (mÿziakh, “belt”) and the Piel verb רִפָּה (rippah, “to loosen”) so that “to loosen the belt of the mighty” would indicate “to disarm/incapacitate the mighty.” Others have opted to change the text: P. Joüon emends to read “forehead” – “he humbles the brow of the mighty.”

² tn The word אָפַק (’afaq, “to be strong”) is well-attested, and the form אָפִיק (’afiq) is a normal adjective formation. So a translation like “mighty” (KJV, NIV) or “powerful” is acceptable, and further emendations are unnecessary.