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Job 12:24–25

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24He takes away the understanding of the leaders of the earth.

He makes them wander in a desert where no one lives.

25Without any light, they feel their way along in darkness.

God makes them unsteady like those who get drunk.

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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.

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.

They grope in the dark without light,

And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.