Job 12:20 - Revised Standard Version CI

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.

Job 12:20 Tagairtí Cros

Job 12:24

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Job 17:4

Since thou hast closed their minds to understanding, therefore thou wilt not let them triumph.

Job 32:9

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

Job 39:17

because God has made her forget wisdom, and given her no share in 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 is but for a moment.

Proverbs 12:22

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