# Job 12.24
**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 22. He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23. He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
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> **24. He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.**
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> 25. They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. (Job 12:22-25, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 22. He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. 23. He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
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> **24. He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.**
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> 25. They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. (Job 12:22-25, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 22. He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23. He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in
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> **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.**
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> 25. They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. stagger: Heb. wander (Job 12:22-25, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 22. Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. 23. Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
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> **24. Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy, no way!**
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> 25. They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard. (Job 12:22-25, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_
## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._
- [H8414 - tohu](/codex/h8414-tohu/), *tohu*, Strong's H8414
- [H7218 - rosh](/codex/h7218-rosh/), *rosh*, Strong's H7218
- [H3820 - lev](/codex/h3820-lev/), *lev*, Strong's H3820
## Quoted in
**Lexicon:**
- [H8414 - tohu](/codex/h8414-tohu/)
## Notes
_Your annotations._
## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.