Job 12:20

Webster's Bible (1833)

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the elders.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:9 : 9 It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore shall you not exalt them.
  • Job 12:24 : 24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
  • Job 39:17 : 17 Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 Truth's lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only momentary.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, But those who do the truth are his delight.
  • Isa 3:1-3 : 1 For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, The whole supply of bread, And the whole supply of water; 2 The mighty man, The man of war, The judge, The prophet, The diviner, The elder, 3 The captain of fifty, The honorable man, The counselor, The skilled craftsman, And the clever enchanter.

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