Job 12:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

Young's Literal Translation
Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

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

Hebrew
He deprives
מֵסִ֣יר (mê·sîr)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

the trusted
לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑ים (lə·ne·’ĕ·mā·nîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 539: To confirm, support

of speech
שָׂ֭פָה (p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

and takes away
יִקָּֽח׃ (yiq·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the discernment
וְטַ֖עַם (wə·ṭa·‘am)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate

of elders.
זְקֵנִ֣ים (zə·qê·nîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2205: Old

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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