Job 12:20
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He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
In other translations
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Job 32:9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
- Job 17:4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
- Job 12:24He 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.He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Isaiah 3:1-31 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.1 For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water, 2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder, 3 the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
- Job 39:17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
- Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
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