Job 12:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:9 : 9 The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
  • Job 12:24 : 24 Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
  • Job 39:17 : 17 For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.
  • Isa 3:1-3 : 1 For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. 2 Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder, 3 Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.

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