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## With him are strength and wisdom ##
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"God is strong and wise"
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## the deceived and the deceiver are both in his power ##
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AT: "God controls both the person who is cheated and the person who misleads."
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## He leads counselors away barefoot in sorrow ##
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"He makes advisers feel sad and ashamed."
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## barefoot in sorrow ##
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This may refer the advisers being stripped of their glorious clothing and made to feel ashamed like a poor person with no shoes.
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## he turns judges into fools ##
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"he takes wisdom away from those who are in charge in a law court"
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## judge ##
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"the person who is in charge in a court of law and who makes the decisions about court cases"
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## He takes off the chain of authority from kings; he wraps a cloth about their waists ##
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God removes a symbol of power and replaces it with a common person's clothing. God dismisses a king from his elevated place.
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## He takes off the chain of authority from kings ##
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AT: "He takes off the royal belt from rulers"
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## he wraps a cloth about their waists ##
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AT: "he puts a plain belt on them"
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