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Job 12:20

Job 12:20 is verse 20 of Job chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

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

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

Job 12:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

19 He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.

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Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

Job 12:24
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Job 17:4
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

Job 32:9
It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

Job 39:17
For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Isaiah 3:1
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,

Isaiah 3:2
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,

Isaiah 3:3
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.