Job 17:4 “You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not e…”

Job 17:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

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Cross references

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

Matthew 11:25 Matthew 13:11 2 Samuel 17:14 1 Corinthians 1:20 Isaiah 19:14 Romans 11:8

Matthew 11:25 · BSB

At 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 13:11 · BSB

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

2 Samuel 17:14 · BSB

Then 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.

1 Corinthians 1:20 · BSB

Where 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?

Isaiah 19:14 · BSB

The 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.

Romans 11:8 · BSB

as 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.”

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

In context

3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

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