Job 12:24 “He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a t…”

Job 12:24

He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.

Young's Literal Translation

Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy — no way!

Bible in Basic English

He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

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Cross references

“He taketh”

Job 12:20 Hosea 7:11 Job 17:4 Isaiah 19:1 Daniel 4:16 Daniel 4:33

Job 12:20 · BSB

He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

Hosea 7:11 · BSB

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

Job 17:4 · BSB

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

Isaiah 19:1 · BSB

This 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.

Daniel 4:16 · BSB

Let 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.

Daniel 4:33 · BSB

At 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 ea…

“and causeth”

Psalm 107:40 Psalm 107:4

Psalm 107:40 · BSB

He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Psalm 107:4 · BSB

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.

25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.

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