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Job 12:24 KJV
Job · chapter 12 · verse 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 12:24 · King James Version
Job 12:24 in context
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24He 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.
25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wildernesstôhûwa desolationH8414 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- wandertâʻâhto vacillateH8582 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will, which none dares gainsay or can resist.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-25