Job 12:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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