Job 12:20

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

The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly.

A true mouth is ever constant; but a dissembling tongue is soon changed.

He changeth the heart of the princes and kings of the earth, and disapointeth them; so that they go wandering out of the way,

Thou hast withholden their hearts from understanding, therefore shall they not be set up on high.

Great men are not always wise, neither doth every aged man understand the thing that is lawful.

And that because God hath taken wisdom from her, and hath not given her understanding.

For lo, shall the LORD God of Hosts doth take away from Jerusalem and Judah all possessions and power, all meat and drink,