Job 12:24
Turning aside the heart || Of the heads of the people of the land, || And He causes them to wander || In vacancy—no way!
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In Context
23Magnifying the nations, and He destroys them, || Spreading out the nations, and He quiets them.
25They feel darkness, and not light, || He causes them to wander as a drunkard.”
Cross References
Job 17:4For You have hidden their heart from understanding, || Therefore You do not exalt them.
Psalms 107:4They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, || They have not found a city of habitation.
Isaiah 6:9And He says, “Go, and you have said to this people, Hearing you hear, and you do not understand, || And seeing you see, and you do not know.
Daniel 4:12its leaves [are] beautiful, and its budding great, and food for all [is] in it: under it the beast of the field takes shade, and in its boughs dwell the birds of the heavens, and of it are all flesh fed.
Daniel 4:16his heart from man’s is changed, and the heart of a beast is given to him, and seven times pass over him;
Hosea 7:11And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, || Egypt they called on—[to] Asshur they have gone.
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 →