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.

Cross-reference

Job 12:20 Parallel

Job 12:20 also describes God depriving the trusted of speech—same theme of removing understanding as in Job 12:24.

Job 17:4 Parallel

Job 17:4 says God hides understanding from the heart—echoing God depriving leaders of understanding in Job 12:24.

Psalm 107:40 directly echoes Job 12:24: God pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless waste.

Isaiah 6:10 Parallel

Isaiah 6:10 explicitly describes God hardening hearts to prevent understanding—strong parallel to Job 12:24's deprivation of understanding.

Daniel 4:16 Allusion

Daniel 4:16 shows God taking Nebuchadnezzar's reason, causing him to wander like a beast — a direct example of the principle in Job 12:24.

Daniel 4:33 Allusion

Daniel 4:33 describes Nebuchadnezzar actually living like an animal in the wild — fulfilling the depiction of wandering in a trackless waste.

Isaiah 6:9 Parallel

Isaiah 6:9 commands 'keep listening but not understand'—parallel to God depriving leaders of understanding in Job 12:24.