Job 12:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵסִ֣יר שָׂ֭פָה לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑ים וְטַ֖עַם זְקֵנִ֣ים יִקָּֽח׃

Transliteration

mēsîr śāpâ lə-neʾĕmānîm wə-ṭaʿam zəqēnîm yiqqāḥ

Grammar Details

*mēsîr*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - removing
*śāpâ*: noun, feminine singular - speech/lip
*lə-neʾĕmānîm*: preposition + niphal participle, masculine plural - for trustworthy ones
*wə-ṭaʿam*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and judgment of
*zəqēnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - elders
*yiqqāḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he takes away

Word Meanings

*mēsîr*: removes/takes away
*śāpâ*: speech/lip/language
*neʾĕmānîm*: trustworthy ones/trusted ones/faithful ones
*ṭaʿam*: judgment/discernment/taste
*zəqēnîm*: elders/old men
*yiqqāḥ*: takes away/removes

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 32:9 : 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 17:4 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Job 12:24 : 24 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.
Job 39:17 : 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Isa 3:1-3 : 1 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.

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