Job 12:24
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Cross References
Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
Psalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.
Daniel 4:16Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning 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 →