Job 17:4

In 11 translations

BSB

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

KJV

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

WEB

For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

ASV

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

LSV

For You have hidden their heart from understanding, || Therefore You do not exalt them.

YLT

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

DBY

For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].

DRC

Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.

GNV

For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

JPS

For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.

LXXE

For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

Ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς.

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• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
• 2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
• Isaiah 19:14The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
• 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
• 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have…
• 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
• Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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