King James Version

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.

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מֵסִ֗ירmesirturnסוּרverb, 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…לֵ֭בlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…רָאשֵׁ֣יrasheheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.עַםampeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvayatemand deceiveתָּעָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and deceive”, the next action in the storyH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.בְּתֹ֣הוּbetohvin vainתֹּהוּpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in vain”, the ordinary formH8414a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vainconfusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…דָֽרֶךְdarekhalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy — no way!

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.

Douay-Rheims

He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, saying ,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς· ἐπλάνησε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.