He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.

他废去忠信人的讲论，又夺去老人的聪明。

他废去忠信者的言论，夺去长者的见识。

他废去忠信者的言论，夺去长者的见识。

祂夺去智者的口才，祂拿走长者的洞见。

他除掉忠信人的言论，又除去老年人的辨别力。

他廢去忠信人的講論，又奪去老人的聰明。

他廢去忠信者的言論，奪去長者的見識。

他廢去忠信者的言論，奪去長者的見識。

祂奪去智者的口才，祂拿走長者的洞見。

他除掉忠信人的言論，又除去老年人的辨別力。

他把受信靠者的口才廢掉，又將老年人的謹慎智慮奪去。

廢忠誠者之才辯、奪年老者之知識、

忠藎之言、使之不納、元老之明、使之忽昧。

使素有口才者、素有口才者或作盡忠者言詞遲純、使老者昧其知識、

He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.

He shuts the mouths of trusted advisers. He takes away the understanding of elders.

He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.

He silences the trusted adviser and removes the insight of the elders.

He deprives trusted advisers of speech and takes away the elders’ good judgment.

He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

He deprives trusted advisers of speech and takes away the elders’ good judgment.

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

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

Great men are not always wise, Nor do the aged always understand justice.

For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.

Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.

The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.

He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and the store, The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;The mighty man and the man of war, The judge and the prophet, And the diviner and the elder;The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the skillful artisan, And the expert enchanter.

The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal truthfully are His delight.