Job 12:20 · KJV
“He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. {speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful}”
— Job 12:20
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. {weakeneth...: or, looseth the girdle of the strong}
Job 12 — Context
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. {speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful}
21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. {weakeneth...: or, looseth the girdle of the strong}
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Cross References
Job 32:9
Great men are not {always} wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.
Job 12:24
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 39:17
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips {are} abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly {are} his delight.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}
Isaiah 3:1-3
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,