Job 12:24 BSB — MannaFest

Job 12:24

He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

BSB

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ASV

He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI (604)

Who changeth the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them, that they wander in vain where there is no way, they shall grope in the dark without any light, and He shall make them to stagger like a drunken man. For 'the heart of the chief of the earth was changed,' when the chief priests and elders of the people in Judaea set themselves to withstand Him by their counsels, Whom they beforehand proclaimed, that He was to come.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He taketh away the heart of the chief - Suddenly deprives the leaders of great counsels, or mighty armies of courage; so that, panic-struck, they flee when none pursueth, or are confounded when about to enter on the accomplishment of important designs. And causeth them to wander in a wilderness - A plain allusion to the journeyings of the Israelites in the deserts of Arabia, on their way to the promised land.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵסִ֗יר	me.Sir	[he is] removing	H5493 →
לֵ֭ב	lev	[the] heart of	H3820 →
רָאשֵׁ֣י	ra.Shei	[the] leaders of	H7218 →
עַם־	'am-	[the] people of	H5971 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם	vai.yat.'Em	and he made wander them	H8582 →
בְּתֹ֣הוּ	be.To.hu	in a wasteland	H8414 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
דָֽרֶךְ׃	Da.rekh	a path	H1870 →

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 walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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.

Through
Psalms 107:4
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:10
  He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- Ezekiel 34:12
  As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered…
- Ezekiel 34:6
  My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
Through
Job 12:20
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
leads to
- Job 32:9
  It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
Through
Psalms 107:40
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
leads to
- Job 12:21
  He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
Through
Job 17:4
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
leads to
- Matthew 11:25
  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.
- Matthew 13:11
  He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Through
Hosea 7:11
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
leads to
- Hosea 12:1
  Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job