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Job 12:24 Interlinear

“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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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מֵסִ֗יר	H5493	He taketh away	to turn off (literally or figuratively)
2	לֵ֭ב	H3820	the heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
3	רָאשֵׁ֣י	H7218	of the chief	the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
4	עַם	H5971	of the people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
5	הָאָ֑רֶץ	H776	of the earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
6	וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם	H8582	and causeth them to wander	to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
7	בְּתֹ֣הוּ	H8414	in a wilderness	a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
8	לֹא	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9	דָֽרֶךְ׃	H1870	where there is no way	a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

Job 12:24 (current)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