JOB 12:24 Parallel Verse View

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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. )

BrTr Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, saying,

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.
⇔ 

MSB 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,

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (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 No LEB JOB book available

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

Moff No Moff 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!

Drby 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.
(He taketh/takes 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. )

SLT Taking away the heart of the heads of the people of the earth, and he will cause them to wander in a waste, not a way.

Wbstr 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.
(He taketh/takes 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.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva 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/takes away the hearts of the that are the chief over the people of the earth, and maketh/makes them to wander in the wilderness out of the way. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium:[fn]
(Who immutat heart of_the_princes of_the_people of_the_earth/land, and decipit them as in_vain 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 of_the_earth/land immutatum it_is, etc., until to to_suffer way/road not/no he_could on_the_contrary author of_all.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֵ֭ב

reason_of

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]

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