20 (A)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

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(A)Great[a] men are not always wise,
Nor do the aged always understand justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:9 Or Men of many years

For You have hidden their heart from (A)understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.

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24 He takes away the [a]understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And (A)makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:24 Lit. heart

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
(A)Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
(B)The[a] stock and the store,
The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
(C)The mighty man and the man of war,
The judge and the prophet,
And the diviner and the elder;
The captain of fifty and the [b]honorable man,
The counselor and the skillful artisan,
And the expert enchanter.

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  1. Isaiah 3:1 Every support
  2. Isaiah 3:3 Eminent looking men

22 (A)Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal truthfully are His delight.

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19 The truthful lip shall be established forever,
(A)But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of [a]wisdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:21 Lit. heart

17 Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not (A)endow her with understanding.

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