Ayub 12:24
Konteks12:24 He deprives the leaders of the earth 1
of their understanding; 2
he makes them wander
in a trackless desert waste. 3
Ayub 21:33
Konteks21:33 The clods of the torrent valley 4 are sweet to him;
behind him everybody follows in procession,
and before him goes a countless throng.
[12:24] 1 tn Heb “the heads of the people of the earth.”
[12:24] 3 tn The text has בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָרֶךְ (bÿtohu lo’ darekh): “in waste – no way,” or “in a wasteland [where there is] no way,” thus, “trackless” (see the discussion of negative attributes using לֹא [lo’] in GKC 482 §152.u).
[21:33] 4 tn The clods are those that are used to make a mound over the body. And, for a burial in the valley, see Deut 34:6. The verse here sees him as participating in his funeral and enjoying it. Nothing seems to go wrong with the wicked.