He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
The line belongs to Job's reply to his friends, set within the poetic portion of the book where Job and his friends debate human suffering. In that reply he turns in appeal to God while setting forth divine power to overturn human authority and wisdom. It portrays God as able to bewilder and silence the speech of trusted counselors and statesmen and to take wisdom, understanding, and discernment from senators and the aged, so that no human counsel or understanding lies beyond His power. The book holds out Job as a real person, and his story is to be taken as a whole for its lesson. At the same time, statements recorded in the dialogue are not true merely because they are recorded.
The line belongs to Job's reply to his friends, set within the poetic portion of the book where Job and his friends debate human suffering. In that reply he turns in appeal to God while setting forth divine power to overturn human authority and wisdom. It portrays God as able to bewilder and silence the speech of trusted counselors and statesmen and to take wisdom, understanding, and discernment from senators and the aged, so that no human counsel or understanding lies beyond His power. The book holds out Job as a real person, and his story is to be taken as a whole for its lesson. At the same time, statements recorded in the dialogue are not true merely because they are recorded.