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Job 12:20 — King James Version← Study notes

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.


Job 12:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 12:206 words
HebrewMeaning
מֵסִ֣ירmēsiyr
he is removingverbH5493
bring · call back · decline · depart ···
שָׂ֭פָהśāpāh
a lipnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
לְ/נֶאֱמָנִ֑יםləneʾĕmāniym
of trusted onespronH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
וְ/טַ֖עַםwəṭaʿam
and the discernment ofconjH2940
behaviour · decree · discretion · judgment ···
זְקֵנִ֣יםzəqēniym
eldersadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
יִקָּֽחyiqāḥ
he takes awayverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 12:20

Who changeth the lip of the truthful, and taketh away the instruction of the aged. When the priest does not do the good that he tells, even the very word of his lips is withdrawn from him, that he may not dare to speak what he does not practise; as where it is said by the Prophet, But unto the wicked God saith, ‘What hast thou to do, to declare My statutes, or that thou takest My covenant in thy mouth? Whence also he beseeches, saying, And take not the word of truth utterly…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 11 §22
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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