Job 12:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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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 32:9

It is not the old who are wise nor the aged who understand what is right.

Job 17:4

Since you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.

Job 12:24

He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 10:21

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

Job 39:17

because God has made it forget wisdom and given it no share in understanding.