Job 12:24
Strong's Lexicon
He deprives
מֵסִ֗יר (mê·sîr)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: 1) to turn aside, depart 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

the earth's
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

leaders
רָאשֵׁ֣י (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

of reason,
לֵ֭ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3820: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

and makes them wander
וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם (way·yaṯ·‘êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8582: 1) to err, wander, go astray, stagger 1a) (Qal) to err 1a1) to wander about (physically) 1a2) of intoxication 1a3) of sin (ethically) 1a4) wandering (of the mind) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard) 1b2) to be led astray (ethically) 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to wander 1c1) to cause to wander about (physically) 1c2) to cause to wander (of intoxication) 1c3) to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)

a trackless
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

דָֽרֶךְ׃ (ḏā·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

wasteland.
בְּתֹ֣הוּ (bə·ṯō·hū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8414: 1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth) 1a1) nothingness, empty space 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig) 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) 1d) place of chaos 1e) vanity

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Young's Literal Translation
Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy—no way!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He deprives the  world’s  leaders of  reason, and makes them wander in  a trackless  wasteland. 

New American Standard Bible
"He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.

New Living Translation
He strips kings of understanding and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.

English Standard Version
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.

New American Standard Bible
"He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He deprives the world's leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

International Standard Version
He withdraws understanding from national leaders of the world, causing them to wander through uncharted wilderness.

NET Bible
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

American Standard Version
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.

English Revised Version
He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Young's Literal Translation
Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
















Cross References
Job 12:20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Psalm 107:40
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 12:23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Job 13:1
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

Job 13:2
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
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