Job 12:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the speech. the lip. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it.

trusty. faithful. Hebrew. 'aman. See App-69. Rendered by "trust" three times in Job (Job 4:18; Job 15:15; Job 15:31).

Job 12:20

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