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Job 12:24
24He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
Job 12:24 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
Context of Job 12:24
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death; 23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in; He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste. 25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
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מֵסִ֗יר לֵ֭ב רָאשֵׁ֣י עַם־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 12:24
- Job 12:20He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
- Job 17:4For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
- Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
- Isaiah 19:1The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt are moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt melteth in the midst of it.
- Daniel 4:16Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
- Hosea 7:11And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
- Psalms 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way, they found no city of habitation;
- Genesis 1:2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Commentaries on Job 12:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24He taketh away the heart of the chief - Suddenly deprives the leaders of great counsels, or mighty armies of courage; so that, panic-struck, they flee when none pursueth, or are confounded when about to enter on the accomplishment of important designs. And causeth them to wander in a wilderness - A plain allusion to the journeyings of the Israelites in the deserts of Arabia, on their way to the promised land. Their chief, Aaron, had his courage all taken…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24He taketh away the heart - The word heart here evidently means mind, intelligence, wisdom; see the notes at Job 12:3. Of the chief of the people - Hebrew “Heads of the people;” that is, of the rulers of the earth. The meaning is, that he leaves them to infatuated and distracted counsels. By withdrawing from them, he has power to frustrate their plans, and to leave them to an entire lack of wisdom; see the notes at Job 12:17. And causeth them to wander in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-25Verses 12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24Compare Daniel 2:21. He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason: See Job 12:18; compare Daniel 4:23, 32–33. He… makes them wander in a trackless wasteland: This is like the "nobles" in Psalm 107:40 (see Job 12:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. heart--intelligence. wander in a wilderness--figurative; not referring to any actual fact. This cannot be quoted to prove Job lived after Israel's wanderings in the desert. Psa 107:4, 40 quotes this passage.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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