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God's Power Over Leaders
Commentators agree that this verse describes God's sovereign power to remove wisdom, intelligence, and courage from the world's most powerful leaders. When God withdraws His hand, these 'chiefs of the people' are left with confused plans and become ineffective, wandering aimlessly like someone lost in a pathless wilderness.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 12:24
18th Century
Theologian
He taketh away the heart — The word “heart” here evidently means mind, intelligence, and wisdom (see the notes at Job 12:3).
Of…
John Gill
On Job 12:24
17th Century
Pastor
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the
earth
The people of the ea…
Matthew Henry
On Job 12:12–25
17th Century
Minister
This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of humankind according to the co…