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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.
He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth And makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.
He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the land and of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.
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.
He deprives the world’s leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
takes away the power to think from earth’s leaders, making them wander in untraveled wastelands.
He removes understanding from a country’s leaders and makes them wander in trackless deserts.
God strikes their rulers senseless, then leaves them to roam through barren deserts,
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way.
He makes their leaders foolish. He makes them wander around in the desert.
He stops the world's leaders from understanding things properly. He sends them to travel through empty deserts.
He deprives the heads of the peoples of the earth of their reason. He makes them wander in a wild land where there are no roads.
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He takes ·understanding [L heart] away from the leaders of the earth and makes them wander through a ·pathless desert [chaos/wasteland without a path].
He taketh away the hearts of them that are the chief over the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wilderness out of the way.
He takes away the common sense of a country’s leaders and makes them stumble about in a pathless wilderness.
He makes their leaders foolish and lets them wander confused and lost;
He deprives the world’s leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
He takes understanding away from the leaders of the earth. He makes them wander through a desert with no paths.
He withdraws understanding from national leaders of the world, causing them to wander through uncharted wilderness.
He takes away the heart of the heads of the people of the earth and causes them to become lost, wandering without a way.
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.
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.
He removes the heart of wisdom from the heads of the earth’s people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He strips away the insight of the heads of the earth’s people, and he makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
He takes away the understanding of presidents and kings, and leaves them wandering, lost and groping, without a guiding light.
“True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for. If he tears something down, it’s down for good; if he locks people up, they’re locked up for good. If he holds back the rain, there’s a drought; if he lets it loose, there’s a flood. Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him. He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools. He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists. He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs. He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom. He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty. He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun. He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others. He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no-man’s-land. They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.”
He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
He takes away the common sense of a country’s leaders and makes them stumble about in a pathless wilderness.
He takes understanding from the leaders of the land, makes them wander in a pathless desert.
He deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He weakens the minds of the leaders of the earth and leaves them to wander in a trackless waste.
He takes understanding away from the leaders of the earth and makes them wander through a pathless desert.
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.
He takes away the understanding of the leaders of the earth. He makes them wander in a desert where no one lives.
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth, and makes them travel in a waste-land with no path.
He strips kings of understanding and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.
He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He taketh away the lev (understanding) of the Rashei Am HaAretz, and sendeth them to tohu lo derech (trackless wilderness).
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
He deprives the heads of the people of earth of understanding, and causes them to wander in a pathless wasteland.
He divests each nation’s leaders of understanding, and causes them to wander aimlessly with nowhere to go,
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
He changeth the heart of [the] princes of the people of [the] earth; and deceiveth them, that they go in vain out of the way (so that they go in vain where there is no way).
Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
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