Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph. New Living Translation You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph. English Standard Version Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph. Berean Standard Bible You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them. King James Bible For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. New King James Version For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them. New American Standard Bible “For You have kept their hearts away from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them. NASB 1995 “For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them. NASB 1977 “For Thou hast kept their heart from understanding; Therefore Thou wilt not exalt them. Legacy Standard Bible For You have hidden their heart from insight, Therefore You will not exalt them. Amplified Bible “But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me]. Christian Standard Bible You have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not honor them. Holman Christian Standard Bible You have closed their minds to understanding, therefore You will not honor them. American Standard Version For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore they shall be exalted in their deception Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them. Contemporary English Version My friends won't really listen, all because of you, and so you must be the one to prove them wrong. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. English Revised Version For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. GOD'S WORD® Translation You have closed their minds so that they cannot understand. That is why you will not honor them. Good News Translation You have closed their minds to reason; don't let them triumph over me now. International Standard Version "Because you're the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won't let them triumph. JPS Tanakh 1917 For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; Therefore shalt Thou not exalt them. Literal Standard Version For You have hidden their heart from understanding, | Therefore You do not exalt them. Majority Standard Bible You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them. New American Bible You darken their minds to knowledge; therefore you will not exalt them. NET Bible Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them. New Revised Standard Version Since you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph. New Heart English Bible For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them. Webster's Bible Translation For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. World English Bible For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them. Young's Literal Translation For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Prepares for Death…3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor? 4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them. 5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.… Cross References Job 12:20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. Job 17:5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail. Treasury of Scripture For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them. 2 Samuel 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. 2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. Jump to Previous Cause Closed Exalt Heart Hearts Hid Hidden Honour Kept Minds Triumph Understanding Wilt WisdomJump to Next Cause Closed Exalt Heart Hearts Hid Hidden Honour Kept Minds Triumph Understanding Wilt WisdomJob 17 1. Job appeals from men to God6. The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, 9. but not discourage the righteous 11. His hope is not in life, but in death (4) Their heart.--i.e., the heart of his friends.Verse 4. - For thou hast hid their heart from understanding. My so-called friends will certainly not undertake for me, since thou hast blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts against me. Therefore shalt thou not exalt them. God will not exalt those who are without understanding. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You have closedצָפַ֣נְתָּ (ṣā·p̄an·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6845: To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk their minds לִ֭בָּם (lib·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre to understanding; מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל (miś·śā·ḵel) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7922: Intelligence, success therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against You will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no exalt them. תְרֹמֵֽם׃ (ṯə·rō·mêm) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise Links Job 17:4 NIVJob 17:4 NLT Job 17:4 ESV Job 17:4 NASB Job 17:4 KJV Job 17:4 BibleApps.com Job 17:4 Biblia Paralela Job 17:4 Chinese Bible Job 17:4 French Bible Job 17:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 17:4 For you have hidden their heart (Jb) |
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