Job 12:20

WEB

²⁰He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

KJV

²⁰He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

BSB

²⁰He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

FBV

²⁰He takes away the advice of trusted advisors, he removes the discernment of the elders.

Extra References

Job 32:9

⁹It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Job 17:4

⁴For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

Job 12:24

²⁴He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Proverbs 12:22

²²Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.

¹For, behold, ^[+] the Lord, GOD ^[+] of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; ²the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder, ³the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

Proverbs 12:19

¹⁹Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Proverbs 10:21

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Job 39:17

¹⁷because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.