Job 12:20 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He makes trusted advisers unable to speak and takes away the good judgment of respected leaders.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

ASV:

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

BBE:

He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

DBY:

He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;

ERV:

He removeth the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the elders.

JPS:

He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.

WBS:

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

WEB:

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

YLT:

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

Job 12:20 Cross References

XREF:

Job 17:4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.

Job 32:9 "The abundant in years may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:20 He removeth away the speech of the {l} trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
(l) He causes their words to have no credit, which is when he will punish sin.

WES:

12:20 The speech - By taking away or restraining the gift of utterance from them. Or, by taking away their understanding which should direct their speech. Trusty - Of those wise and experienced counsellors, that were trusted by the greatest princes.

MHC:

12:12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He gives many instances of God's powerful management of the children of men, overruling all their counsels, and overcoming all their oppositions. Having all strength and wisdom, God knows how to make use, even of those who are foolish and bad; otherwise there is so little wisdom and so little honesty in the world, that all had been in confusion and ruin long ago. These important truths were suited to convince the disputants that they were out of their depth in attempting to assign the Lord's reasons for afflicting Job; his ways are unsearchable, and his judgments past finding out. Let us remark what beautiful illustrations there are in the word of God, confirming his sovereignty, and wisdom in that sovereignty: but the highest and infinitely the most important is, that the Lord Jesus was crucified by the malice of the Jews; and who but the Lord could have known that this one event was the salvation of the world?

CONC:

Advisers Aged Aside Deprives Depriveth Discernment Effect Elders Judgment Lip Lips Makes Ones Persons Reason Removes Removeth Responsible Sense Speech Stedfast Takes Taketh Trust Trusted Trusty Turning Understanding

Advisers Aged Deprives Discernment Effect Elders Good Judgment Lips Makes Ones Persons Reason Removes Removeth Responsible Sense Speech Stedfast Trust Trusted Trusty Turning Understanding Words

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