Job 12:24
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.In other versions
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.
ASV
He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.
BBE
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
DBY
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.
WEB
Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
YLT
He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
ENG
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.
WBT
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
BSB
In context
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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.
25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.