King James Version

Job 12:20

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

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מֵסִ֣ירmesirturnסוּרverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “turn”, a verb used as a describing wordH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…שָׂ֭פָהsafahlanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “language”, the ordinary formH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑יםleneemanimto believeאָמַןpreposition, verb, niphal, participle, absolute — “to believe”, a verb used as a describing wordH539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.וְטַ֖עַםvetaamand tasteטַעַםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and taste”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2940properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandateadvice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.זְקֵנִ֣יםzeqenimoldזָקֵןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “old”, the ordinary formH2205oldaged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.יִקָּֽחyiqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “take”, an unfinished actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

Young’s Literal Translation

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

World English Bible

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

Darby Translation

He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;

Douay-Rheims

He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω.