Job 12:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ He deprives trusted advisers of speech and takes away the elders’ good judgement.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ He removeth away the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

Common English Bible

²⁰ silences the talk of trusted people; takes away elders’ discernment;

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ altering the lips of those who speak the truth and sweeping away the teaching of the aged.

Job 12:20 Cross References

Job 12:24

He deprives the world’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 honour them.

Job 32:9

It is not only the old who are wise or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Job 39:17

For God has deprived her of wisdom; he has not endowed her with understanding.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue, only a moment.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are detestable to the  Lord, but faithful people are his delight.