24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;

he makes them wander in a trackless waste.

24 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.

24 He strips kings of understanding

and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.

24 He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,

And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

24 He takes understanding away from the leaders of the earth

and makes them wander through a pathless desert.

24 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.

24 He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.

24 He takes away the common sense of a country’s leaders 

and makes them stumble about in a pathless wilderness. 

24 He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

24 He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth,

and makes them wander in a pathless waste.

24 He strips away the insight of the heads of the earth’s people,

and he makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

24 He takes away the understanding of the leaders of the earth.

He makes them wander in a desert where no one lives.

24 “He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people

And makes them wander in a pathless waste.