NET Bible
"He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders."
— Job 12:20, NET Bible
“He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.”
“He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. ”
“He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.”
“He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.”
“He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;”
“He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.”
He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.
He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.
He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.
He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.