Job 12:24
He removes the understanding of rulers and makes them wander in the wilderness.
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23He makes nations great and he destroys them; he expands nations and ruins them.
25They grope around in the dark without a light. He makes them stagger like drunk people.”
Cross References
Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding, so do not let them win!
Psalms 107:4They wandered in the desert wilderness, unable to find a way to a city where they could live.
Isaiah 6:9He replied, “Go and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but never understanding. Keep on seeing, but never comprehending.’
Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, and it was full of fruit for all to eat. Wild animals rested in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. It fed all living creatures.
Daniel 4:16Let his mind become like that of an animal. Let him be like this for seven times.
Hosea 7:11Ephraim is like a dove, foolish and without sense—calling to Egypt, then going to Assyria.
Matthew Henry on Job 12:13-25
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth… Read the whole commentary →