He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.

他将地上民中首领的聪明夺去，使他们在荒废无路之地漂流；

他将地上百姓中领袖的聪明夺去，使他们迷失在荒凉无路之地。

他将地上百姓中领袖的聪明夺去，使他们迷失在荒凉无路之地。

祂夺去世人首领的心智，使他们在无路的荒野流浪。

他除掉地上人民中首领的悟性，使他们在无路的荒野之地飘流。

他將地上民中首領的聰明奪去，使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流；

他將地上百姓中領袖的聰明奪去，使他們迷失在荒涼無路之地。

他將地上百姓中領袖的聰明奪去，使他們迷失在荒涼無路之地。

祂奪去世人首領的心智，使他們在無路的荒野流浪。

他除掉地上人民中首領的悟性，使他們在無路的荒野之地飄流。

他將地上萬族之民的首領聰明之心除掉，使他們在荒蕪沒路之地漂流無定。

奪諸國民長之聰明、使其流離於無路之荒野、

使州牧心盲、如流離曠野、躑躅窮途、

使國之民長、失其慧心、使之迷於無路之野、

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 leaders of the earth. He makes them wander in a desert where no one lives.

He strips kings of understanding and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

He deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

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

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 deprives the world’s leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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 leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

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 pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

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

Let his mind be changed from a man’s, and let a beast’s mind be given to him; and let seven periods of time pass over him.

An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.

Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;

And he said,“ Go, and say to this people:“‘ Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.

Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles’ feathers, and his nails were like birds’ claws.