²⁰ He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

⁹ Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

⁴ For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

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.

3 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.

² The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

³ The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

²² Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

¹⁹ The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

¹⁷ Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.