Job 12:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.”
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“He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy--no way!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 12:24 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
- Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- Psalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
- Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 19:1This 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 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.
- Daniel 4:13As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
- Daniel 4:16Let 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 4:33At 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 eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
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