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## Job 12:23-25 in Context (Verses 20–25 KJV)
 
 [20 ](/kjv/job/12/20) He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.*
 
 [21 ](/kjv/job/12/21) He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.*
 
 [22 ](/kjv/job/12/22) He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/job/12/23) He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them *again*.*
 
 [24 ](/kjv/job/12/24) 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.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/job/12/25) They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like *a* drunken *man*.*
 
[Job 11](/kjv/job/11) [Job 13](/kjv/job/13)

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