Job 12:24

NETBible

He deprives the leaders of the earth 1  of their understanding; 2  he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste. 3 

NIV ©

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.

NASB ©

"He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

NLT ©

He takes away the understanding of kings, and he leaves them wandering in a wasteland without a path.

MSG ©

He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no man's land.

BBE ©

He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

NRSV ©

He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.

NKJV ©

He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

KJV
He taketh away
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the heart
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of the chief
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of the people
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of the earth
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and causeth them to wander
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in a wilderness
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[where there is] no way
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NASB ©
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NET [draft] ITL
He deprives
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the leaders
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of the earth
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of their understanding; he makes them wander
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in a trackless
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desert waste
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HEBREW
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NETBible

He deprives the leaders of the earth 1  of their understanding; 2  he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “the heads of the people of the earth.”

2 tn Heb “heart.”

3 tn The text has בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָרֶךְ (bÿtohu lo’ darekh): “in waste – no way,” or “in a wasteland [where there is] no way,” thus, “trackless” (see the discussion of negative attributes using לֹא [lo’] in GKC 482 §152.u).