Job 17:4 NIV: You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

Job 17:4

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New International Version (© 2011)
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

King James Bible
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

American Standard Version
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them .

Young's Literal Translation
For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

Job 17:4 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

For thou hast hid their heart - This address is to God; and here he is represented as doing that which in the course of his providence he only permits to be done.

Shalt thou not exalt them - This was exactly fulfilled: not one of Job's friends was exalted; on the contrary, God condemned the whole; and they were not received into the Divine favor till Job sacrificed, and made intercession for them.

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Job 17:4 Parallel Commentaries
Cause Closed Exalt Heart Hearts Hid Hidden Honour Kept Minds Triumph Understanding Wilt Wisdom
Cause Closed Exalt Heart Hearts Hid Hidden Honour Kept Minds Triumph Understanding Wilt Wisdom
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