Job 12:20 Go deeper

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מֵסִ֣ירme.Sir[he is] removing

Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to turn aside: remove

Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Job 12:20 word 1

שָׂ֭פָהSa.faha lip

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: lip: words

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 11:7, 2 Kings 18:20, Job 11:2, Proverbs 4:24, Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 10:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193H; TAHOT Job 12:20 word 2

לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑יםle.ne.'e.ma.Nimof trusted [ones]

Lemma: אָמַן (a.man) · Strong's: H0539

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)

Meaning: be faithful

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 42:20, Genesis 45:26, Exodus 4:1, Exodus 4:5, Exodus 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0539; TAHOT Job 12:20 word 3

וְטַ֖עַםve.Ta.'amand [the] discernment of

Lemma: טַ֫עַם (ta.am) · Strong's: H2940

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: taste

Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 16:31, Numbers 11:8, 1 Samuel 21:13, 1 Samuel 25:33, Job 6:6, Psalms 34:0 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2940; TAHOT Job 12:20 word 4

זְקֵנִ֣יםze.ke.Nimelders

Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205G

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: old: elder

Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 50:7, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2205G; TAHOT Job 12:20 word 5

יִקָּֽח\׃yi.Kachhe takes away

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Job 12:20 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He deprives	→	סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove
the trusted	→	אָמַן H0539 be faithful
of speech	→	שָׂפָה H8193H lip: words
and takes away	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
the discernment	→	טַ֫עַם H2940 taste
of elders	→	זָקֵן H2205G old: elder

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

All attributions

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

All attributions and changes