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Job 12:24

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12:24He deprives the leaders of the earth60

of their understanding;61

he makes them wander

in a trackless desert waste.62

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Footnotes

  1. 60 Heb “the heads of the people of the earth.”
  2. 61 Heb “heart.”
  3. 62 The text has בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָרֶךְ (bétohu lo’ darekh): “in waste—no way,” or “in a wasteland [where there is] no way,” thus, “trackless” (see the discussion of negative attributes using לֹא [lo’] in §152.u).

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;

he makes them wander in a trackless waste.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

NLTNew Living Translation

He strips kings of understanding

and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.