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Job 12:24–25

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24zHe taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,

And fcauseth them to wander in ga wilderness where there is no way.

25hThey grope in the dark without light,

And he maketh them to †stagger ilike a drunken man.

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Footnotes

  1. zver. 24. Is. 3:1 (Heb.). So ch. 32:9.
  2. gDt. 32:10 (Heb.). Comp. Isai. 40:23.
  3. hSee ch. 5:14.
  4. †Heb. wander. As ver. 24. So Isai. 19:14.
  5. iSo Ps. 107:27.

Cross references

  1. fPs. 107:40.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth

and makes them wander in a trackless waste.

They grope in the dark without light,

and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;

he makes them wander in a trackless waste.

They grope in darkness with no light;

he makes them stagger like drunkards.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

They grope around in darkness without light;

he makes them stagger like a drunkard.

NLTNew Living Translation

He strips kings of understanding

and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.

They grope in the darkness without a light.

He makes them stagger like drunkards.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He strips away the insight of the heads of the earth’s people,

and he makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

They grope in the dark without light,

and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.