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Job 12:20
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Job 12:20
20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
20*He remooueth away †the speech of the trustie, and taketh away the vnderstanding of the aged.
- Heb. the lip of the faithfull.
- Cha. 32.9.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 12:20
Removes; moves away, takes away, displaces, or puts at a distance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoken words; discourse, language, or an address.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
That will not fail; strong; firm.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
understanding
Discernment, intelligence, comprehension, or the faculty of knowing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Old or advanced in years.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
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Open the full verse study4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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Open the full verse study24He 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.
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Open the full verse study1FOR, 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,
2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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Open the full verse study17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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Open the full verse study21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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Open the full verse study19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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Open the full verse study22Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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