He leads counselors away barefoot and makes judges go mad.

他把谋士剥衣掳去，又使审判官变成愚人。

他把谋士剥衣掳去，使审判官变为愚妄。

他把谋士剥衣掳去，使审判官变为愚妄。

祂使谋士赤身被掳，使审判官愚拙不堪。

他把谋士剥衣掳去，并且愚弄审判官。

他把謀士剝衣擄去，又使審判官變成愚人。

他把謀士剝衣擄去，使審判官變為愚妄。

他把謀士剝衣擄去，使審判官變為愚妄。

祂使謀士赤身被擄，使審判官愚拙不堪。

他把謀士剝衣擄去，並且愚弄審判官。

他把謀士擄去，衣服都給剝奪了；他使審判官變成了狂妄人。

褫謀夫、攜之去、使士師為愚、

使謀臣被虜、士師為狂。

使謀士陷於差謬、或作使謀臣被擄使士師顛狂、

He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.

He removes the wisdom of rulers and leads them away. He makes judges look foolish.

He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.

He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment; wise judges become fools.

He leads counselors away barefoot and makes judges go mad.

He makes advisers walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

therefore I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will vanish, and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Then someone reported to David:“ Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”“ Lord,” David pleaded,“ please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

The earth is handed over to the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it isn’t He, then who is it?

with the kings and counselors of the earth, who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,

Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“ The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”

Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you and reveal what the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.The princes of Zoan have been fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of confusion. The leaders have made Egypt stagger in all she does, as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?