Job 12:20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
KJV
commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens.
Vulgate
διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω.
LXX
He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
ASV
מֵסִ֣יר שָׂ֭פָה לְ/נֶאֱמָנִ֑ים וְ/טַ֖עַם זְקֵנִ֣ים יִקָּֽח
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 13×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
י
y
noun · 177×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
n'mn
verb · 108×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:20 — Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
- Gen 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Jer 8:8 — How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
- Job 12:24 — 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.
- Job 12:24 — 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.
- Job 17:4 — For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
- Job 32:9 — Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
- Job 32:9 — Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.