Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“For You have kept their heart from understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore You will not honor them.

International Standard Version

"Because you're the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won't let them triumph.

A Conservative Version

For thou have hid their heart from understanding. Therefore thou shall not exalt [them].

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].

Bible in Basic English

You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

Darby Translation

For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt them.

Julia Smith Translation

For thou didst hide their heart from understanding; for this thou wilt not exalt them.

King James 2000

For you have hidden their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Indeed, you have closed their mind from understanding; therefore, you will not let [them] triumph.

Modern King James verseion

For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You shall not lift them up.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

New Heart English Bible

For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

The Emphasized Bible

For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.

Webster

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

World English Bible

For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

Youngs Literal Translation

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For thou hast hid
צפן 
Tsaphan 
Usage: 32

שׂכל שׂכל 
Sekel 
Usage: 16

therefore shalt thou not exalt
רוּם 
Ruwm 
Usage: 189

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Job's Fifth Speech, Continued

3 "Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there who will put up security for me? 4 “For You have kept their heart from understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property-- the eyes of his children will fail.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel."For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" So the prophet stopped, but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;

Matthew 13:11

And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Romans 11:8

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day."

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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