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Job 17:4
Job Prepares for Death
3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor? 4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them. 5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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Berean Standard Bible
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
American Standard Version (1901)
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding:
Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Bible in Basic English
You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
Free Bible Version
You have closed their minds to understanding, so do not let them win!
King James (Authorized) Version
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Translation for Translators
You have prevented my friends from understanding what is true about me; do not allow them to triumph over me, saying that I have done things that are wrong.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For you, God, have kept their hearts from understanding;
therefore, you will not exalt them over me.
Noah Webster Bible
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them .
World English Bible
For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
Young's Literal Translation
For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.