Holy Scripture

Job 12:24

A church father on this verse
“Who changeth the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them, that they wander in vain where there is no way, they shall grope in the dark without any light, and He shall make them to stagger like a drunken man. For 'the heart of the chief of the earth was changed,' when the chief priests and eld…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI

Source: Septuagint

Original

24Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: And he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, saying,

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22Revealing deep things out of darkness: And he has brought into light the shadow of death.

23Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: Overthrowing the nations, and leading them away.

— Job 12:24 —

25Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, And let them wander as a drunken man.

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