Job 12:24
Job 12:13-25 The Message (MSG)
“True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for. If he tears something down, it’s down for good; if he locks people up, they’re locked up for good. If he holds back the rain, there’s a drought; if he lets it loose, there’s a flood. Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him. He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools. He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists. He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs. He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom. He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty. He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun. He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others. He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no-man’s-land. They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.”
Job 12:24 King James Version (KJV)
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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
Job 12:24 New Century Version (NCV)
He takes understanding away from the leaders of the earth and makes them wander through a pathless desert.
Job 12:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Job 12:24 New International Version (NIV)
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
Job 12:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
Job 12:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth And makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.