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Job 12:24
Job 12:24 is verse 24 of Job chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
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Job 12:22–25 · Berean Standard Bible
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
24 He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Isaiah 19:1This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Daniel 4:16Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
Daniel 4:33At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
Psalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.