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OET (OET-RV) He removes the heart from the leaders of the people of the land,
⇔ and makes them wander in wasteland where there’s no paths.
OET-LV [he_is]_removing the_heart of_the_leaders of_the_people the_earth/land and_makes_wander_them in/on/at/with_waste not a_path.
UHB מֵסִ֗יר לֵ֭ב רָאשֵׁ֣י עַם־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃ ‡
(mēşir lēⱱ rāʼshēy ˊam-hāʼāreʦ vayyatˊēm bətohū loʼ-dārek.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT the one removing a heart from the leaders of the people of the earth,
⇔ and he causes them to wander in a wasteland with no path.
UST He causes some human rulers to become foolish.
⇔ As a result, they try one thing after another without success,
⇔ as if they were lost in a desert without roads.
BSB He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason
⇔ and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
OEB Earth’s chiefs He bereaves of their judgment;
⇔ They wander in trackles wastes,
WEB He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
⇔ and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
WMB (Same as above)
NET He deprives the leaders of the earth
⇔ of their understanding;
⇔ he makes them wander
⇔ in a trackless desert waste.
LSV Turning aside the heart
Of the heads of the people of the land,
And He causes them to wander
In vacancy—no way!
FBV He removes the understanding of rulers[fn] and makes them wander in the wilderness.
12:24 Literally, “He strips the hearts of the heads of the people of the earth.”
T4T He causes some rulers to become foolish/stupid,
⇔ and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.
LEB • away the insight of the heads of the earth’s people, and he makes them wander in[fn]
?:? Literally “in a wasteland not a way”
BBE He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.
MOF No MOF JOB book available
JPS He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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.
DRA He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way.
YLT Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy — no way!
DBY He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
RV 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.
WBS 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.
KJB-1769 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.
KJB-1611 He taketh away the heart of the chiefe of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wildernes where there is no way.
(He taketh away the heart of the chiefe of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.)
BB He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of ye people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way.
(He taketh away the hearte of them that be heads of ye/you_all people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness out of the way.)
GNV He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
(He taketh away the hearts of the that are the chiefe over the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wilderness out of the way. )
CB He chaungeth the herte of the prynces and kynges of the earth, and disapoynteth them: so that they go wadringe out of the waye,
(He chaungeth the heart of the princes and kings of the earth, and disappointth them: so that they go wadringe out of the way,)
WYC Which chaungith the herte of princes of the puple of erthe; and disseyueth hem, that thei go in veyn out of the weie.
(Which chaungith the heart of princes of the people of earth; and disseyueth them, that they go in veyn out of the way.)
LUT Er nimmt weg den Mut der Obersten des Volks im Lande und macht sie irre auf einem Umwege, da kein Weg ist,
(He nimmt weg the Mut the Obersten the peoples in_the land and macht they/she/them irre on one Umwege, there kein path is,)
CLV Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium:[fn]
(Who immutat heart of_the_princes populi terræ, and decipit them as frustra incedant through invium: )
12.24 Qui immutat cor principum. Ibid. Cor principum terræ immutatum est, etc., usque ad patere via non poterat contra auctorem omnium.
12.24 Who immutat heart of_the_princes. Ibid. Cor of_the_princes terræ immutatum it_is, etc., usque to patere road not/no poterat on_the_contrary auctorem omnium.
BRN Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, saying,
BrLXX Διαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς· ἐπλάνησε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.
(Diallassōn kardias arⱪontōn gaʸs; eplanaʸse de autous en hodōi haʸ ouk aʸdeisan. )
12:23-24 Cp. Dan 2:21.
• strips kings of understanding: See Job 12:18; cp. Dan 4:23, 32-33.
• He . . . leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland like the princes in Ps 107:40 (see Job 12:21).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֵ֭ב
reason
Here, the heart represents the thoughts. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “understanding”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ
and,makes_~_wander,them in/on/at/with,waste not track
Job is speaking as if God literally makes leaders wander in a wasteland. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and he makes them confused so that they do not know the right thing to do”