The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
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He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.
18 He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
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He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
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He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
20 He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
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He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
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He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
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He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
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He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
24 He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
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He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
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They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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