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Job 17:4

2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
KJV
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
WEB
For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
ASV
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
DARBY
For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
BLB
For You have hidden their heart from understanding, [and] upon thus You will not exalt [them].
ÅB
Du har jo lukket deres hjerte for innsikt; derfor vil du ikke la dem vinne.
OTB
For Du har holdt deres hjerte borte fra forståelse,
Derfor vil Du ikke opphøye dem.
B1930
Du har jo lukket deres hjerte for innsikt; derfor vil du ikke la dem vinne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 11:25

    At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

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  • Matthew 13:11

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

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  • 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 purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

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  • Isaiah 19:14

    The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:20

    Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:16

    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

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  • Romans 11:8

    as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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  • 2 Samuel 15:31

    Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

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