Job 17:4

Translations

Modern

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

Traditional

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Literal

For You have hidden their heart from understanding, and upon thus You will not exalt them.

Latin

Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina: propterea non exaltabuntur.

Original

Hebrew

English

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

Notes

Job 17:3–5

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand (literally please keep my pledge with yourself): A pledge (Hebrew ‘erabon) can be a deposit that guarantees payment (Genesis 38:17–20; Exodus 22:26–27; Deuteronomy 24:10–14; see Proverbs 20:16; 27:13). So, this might suggest God forgiving sin (making atonement). It might also refer to Job’s wish for an advocate to support his cause (see study note on Job 16:19–21).

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

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Matthew 11:25
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2 Samuel 17:14
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1 Corinthians 1:20
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Isaiah 19:14
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2 Chronicles 25:16
While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Romans 11:8
…as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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Job 17:4

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