Job 12:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

He taketh away the heart - intelligence.

Wander in a wilderness - figurative; not referring to any actual fact. This cannot be quoted to prove Job lived after Israel's wanderings in the desert. Psalms 107:4; Psalms 107:40, quotes this passage.

Job 12:24

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.