Job 39:17

In 11 translations

BSB

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

KJV

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

WEB

because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

ASV

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

LSV

For God has caused her to forget wisdom, || And He has not given a portion || To her in understanding;

YLT

For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

DBY

For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.Eloah

DRC

For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.

GNV39:20

For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.

JPS

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.

LXXE

For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.

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WLC

כִּֽי־הִשָּׁ֣הּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ חָכְמָ֑ה וְלֹא־חָ֥לַק לָ֝֗הּ בַּבִּינָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ Θεὸς σοφίαν, καὶ οὐκ ἐπεμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει.

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• Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
• 2 Chronicles 32:31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
• Isaiah 57:17I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
• Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
• Isaiah 19:11–14The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal…

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