Job Presents His Case
Job 12:24
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- KJV
- He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- WEB
- He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- ASV
- He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- LSV
- Turning aside the heart || Of the heads of the people of the land, || And He causes them to wander || In vacancy—no way!
- YLT
- Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy — no way!
- DBY
- He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
- DRC
- He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way.
- GNV
- He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
- JPS
- He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- LXXE
- Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, saying,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מֵסִ֗יר לֵ֭ב רָאשֵׁ֣י עַם־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃
- LXX-Br
- Διαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς· ἐπλάνησε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
- Psalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
- Daniel 4:16Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
- Isaiah 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise…
- Daniel 4:33At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an…
- Isaiah 19:1This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
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