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The Book of Job, Chapter 12, Verse 24

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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
New English Translation
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.
World English Bible
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
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Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
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What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior unto you.
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Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
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But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.
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O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
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Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
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Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
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Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
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Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?