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Job 12:24
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Job 12:24
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.
24He taketh away the heart of the chiefe of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wildernes where there is no way.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 12:24
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
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
To move or roam without a settled course or place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
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Open the full verse study20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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Open the full verse study11¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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Open the full verse study16Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
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Open the full verse study33The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
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Open the full verse study1THE burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
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Open the full verse study9¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
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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 study4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
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