He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way.

He taketh

Job 12:20 He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.

Job 17:4 Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.

Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not. . . .

Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof.

Daniel 4:16,33 Then Daniel, whose name was Baltassar, began silently to think within himself for about one hour: and his thought troubled him. But the king answering, said: Baltassar, let not the dream and the interpretation thereof trouble thee. Baltassar answered, and said: My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thy enemies. . . .

Hosea 7:11 And Ephraim is become as a dove that is decoyed, not having a heart: they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians.

and causeth

Psalm 107:4,40 They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation. . . .

Genesis 1:2 And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

, to describe the chaotic state of the earth at the creation.)