He silences the lips of trusted advisors and removes the discernment of elders.
Job 12:24 - Tree of Life Version He deprives the heads of the people of earth of understanding, and causes them to wander in a pathless wasteland. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the land and of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path. American Standard Version (1901) He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. Common English Bible takes away the power to think from earth’s leaders, making them wander in untraveled wastelands. Catholic Public Domain Version He transforms the heart of the leaders of the people on earth, and misleads those who in vain advance upon the inviolable. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them, that they walk in vain where there is no way. |
He silences the lips of trusted advisors and removes the discernment of elders.
Because You have closed their heart to understanding, therefore You will not exalt them.
Some wandered in a desert, a wasteland. They found no way to an inhabited city.
Do not slay them, lest my people forget. With Your power shake them and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
The burden of Egypt: Behold, Adonai rides upon a swift cloud and comes to Egypt. Egypt’s idols tremble before Him and Egypt’s heart melts within them.
Yet leave a stump with its roots in the earth, in fetters of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be damp with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth.
Let his mind be altered from that of a man and let an animal’s mind be given to him and let seven periods of time pass over him.
Then Daniel, whose name is also Belteshazzar, was perplexed for a brief time; his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered, and said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or the interpretation disturb you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies!
“At that moment my sanity returned to me, and my majesty and my splendor were restored to me, for the glory of my kingdom. My ministers and nobles sought me out and I was reestablished over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.
Ephraim is like a senseless silly dove, they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.