Parallel Verses
Amplified
“But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].
New American Standard Bible
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
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 .
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 17:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Fifth Speech, Continued
3
“Give me a pledge (guarantee, promise) with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death];
Who is there that will
“But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].
“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31
David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster upon Absalom.
2 Chronicles 25:16
As he was talking, the king said to him, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done this and have ignored my advice.”
Isaiah 19:14
The Lord has mixed a spirit of distortion within her;
Her leaders have caused Egypt to stagger in all that she does,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said,
Matthew 13:11
Jesus replied to them,
Romans 11:8
just as it is written [in Scripture],
Eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear,
[a spiritual apathy that has continued] to this very day.”
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?