Leeser(i)
15 Behold, he restraineth the waters, and they dry up; or he suffereth them to flow, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.
17 He leadeth counsellors away bereft of sense, and maketh the judges fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth a girdle around their loins.
19 He leadeth priests away bereft of sense, and the powerful he causeth to walk on crooked paths.
20 He removeth the speech from trusty speakers, and taketh away the intelligence of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and the belt of the mighty be looseneth.
22 He layeth open deep things from the midst of darkness, and bringeth out unto light the shadow of death.
23 He permitteth the nations to become great, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth out the nations, and leadeth them away.
24 He taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander astray in a wilderness when there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he causeth them to wander astray like a drunken man.