🌪️WEB · Job 12:20
What does Job 12:20 mean?
"He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders."
— Job 12:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
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