Job 12:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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  • Ps 107:40 : 40 He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He removes the speech of the trusted, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
  • Ps 107:4 : 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to live in.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive. 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides upon a swift cloud and shall come into Egypt. The idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in its midst.
  • Dan 4:16 : 16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.
  • Dan 4:33 : 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws.
  • Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

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