Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed">5493 [e] מֵסִ֗יר mê-sîr, He takes away V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage">3820 [e] לֵ֭ב lêḇ the understanding N-msc 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum">7218 [e] רָאשֵׁ֣י rā-šê of the chiefs N-mpc 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred">5971 [e] עַם־ ‘am- of the people N-msc 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan">776 [e] הָאָ֑רֶץ hā-’ā-reṣ; of the earth Art | N-fs 1a) (Qal) to err 1a1) to wander about (physically) 1a2) of intoxication 1a3) of sin (ethically) 1a4) wandering (of the mind) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard) 1b2) to be led astray (ethically) 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to wander 1c1) to cause to wander about (physically) 1c2) to cause to wander (of intoxication) 1c3) to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)">8582 [e] וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם way-yaṯ-‘êm, and makes them wander Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3mp 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth) 1a1) nothingness, empty space 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig) 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) 1d) place of chaos 1e) vanity">8414 [e] בְּתֹ֣הוּ bə-ṯō-hū in a wilderness Prep-b | N-ms 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)">3808 [e] לֹא־ lō- not Adv-NegPrt 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)">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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