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Job 12

Job 12:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He removethc away
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
the γspeech
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
of the trusty
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
, and taketh away
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the understanding
ta`am (Hebrew #2940)
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
KJV usage: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
Pronounce: tah'-am
Origin: from 2938
of the aged
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
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Isa. 3:1‑3• 1For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
 2the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
 3the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments. (Isa. 3:1‑3)
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lip of the faithful.

Cross References

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the speech of the trusty.
Heb. the lip of the faithful.
Prov. 10:21• 21The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding. (Prov. 10:21)
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Prov. 12:19,22• 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
 22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight. (Prov. 12:19,22)
taketh.
Job 12:24• 24He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste. (Job 12:24)
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Job 17:4• 4For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt them. (Job 17:4)
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Job 32:9• 9It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment. (Job 32:9)
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Job 39:17• 17For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding. (Job 39:17)
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Isa. 3:1‑3• 1For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
 2the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
 3the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments. (Isa. 3:1‑3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He depriveth of speechd the trustye, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "lip."
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Or "eloquent."