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.
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Gill's Exposition
They grope in the dark without light,.... Like blind men, as the men of Sodom, when they were struck with blindness; or "they grope", or "feel the dark, and not light" (g), as the Targum; as the…
Barnes' Notes
He taketh away the heart - The word heart here evidently means mind, intelligence, wisdom; see the notes at Job 12:3. Of the chief of the people - Hebrew “Heads of the people;” that is, of the rulers…
This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will,…
Cambridge Bible
he taketh away the heart i. e. the understanding; cf. on ch. Job 11:12.
in a wilderness Same word as in ch. Job 6:18. The word is that rendered "without form," Gen 1:2; Jer 4:23, i. e. chaos. The…
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