Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 5493 [e] מֵסִ֗יר mê-sîr, He takes away V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms 3820 [e] לֵ֭ב lêḇ the understanding N-msc 7218 [e] רָאשֵׁ֣י rā-šê of the chiefs N-mpc 5971 [e] עַם־ ‘am- of the people N-msc 776 [e] הָאָ֑רֶץ hā-’ā-reṣ; of the earth Art | N-fs 8582 [e] וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם way-yaṯ-‘êm, and makes them wander Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3mp 8414 [e] בְּתֹ֣הוּ bə-ṯō-hū in a wilderness Prep-b | N-ms 3808 [e] לֹא־ lō- not Adv-NegPrt 1870 [e] דָֽרֶךְ׃ ḏā-reḵ. pathless N-cs

New American Standard Bible
"He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He deprives the world's leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

He taketh

Job 12:20 He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding …

Job 17:4 For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall …

Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand …

Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and …

Daniel 4:16,33 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given …

Hosea 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, …

and causeth

Psalm 107:4,40 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no …

in a wilderness (Bethohoo, 'in chaos,' i.e. in a state of utter confusion; it is the same word which is employed in

Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the …

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