Job 12:20

Hebrew
ESV
He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.
NIV
He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
NLT
He silences the trusted adviser and removes the insight of the elders.
LXX
διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν σύνεσιν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω
KJV
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Job 12:19 ← Job 12:20 → Job 12:21

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