Job 12:24
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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In Context
23He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
25They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Cross References
Job 17:4For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
Psalms 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’
Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
Daniel 4:16Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him.
Hosea 7:11“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go 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 →