Job 12:20
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
BSB
ASV
He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
KJV
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Who changeth the lip of the truthful, and taketh away the instruction of the aged. When the priest does not do the good that he tells, even the very word of his lips is withdrawn from him, that he may not dare to speak what he does not practise; as where it is said by the Prophet, But unto the wicked God saith, 'What hast thou to do, to declare My statutes, or that thou takest My covenant in thy mouth? Whence also he beseeches, saying, And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty - The faithful counsellor and the eloquent orator avail nothing: Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat; “God infatuates those whom he is determined to destroy.” The writer might have had his eyes on Isa 3:1-3, which the reader will do well to consult. The understanding of the aged - זקנים zekenim signifies the same here as our word elders or elder-men; which includes in itself the two ideas of seniority, or considerably advanced age, and official authority.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
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You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,”…
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Job 32:9It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
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At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
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Job 12:24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
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He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.