A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of their confidence.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man scales the city [walls] of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city walls of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down its secure fortress.
A wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down its secure fortress.
A wise person fought a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they felt safe.
A wise man can go up into a city of warriors and undermine the strength in which it trusts.
One wise person can defeat a city full of soldiers and capture their fortress.
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise person can defeat a city full of warriors and tear down the defenses they trust in.
A wise person can win against a city that is full of strong men. He can destroy the strong place that they trust to keep them safe.
A wise man can climb up to a city full of warriors and pull down the strong defenses in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise person ·can defeat [L went up against] a city full of warriors and tear down the defenses they trust in [Eccl. 9:13–16].
A wise man goeth up into the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man attacks a city of warriors and pulls down the strong defenses in which they trust.
A shrewd general can take a city defended by strong men, and destroy the walls they relied on.
A wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down its secure fortress.
A wise person can defeat a city full of strong men. He can tear down the defenses they trust.
A wise man attacks the city of the mighty, bringing down the fortress in which they trust.
¶ The wise man took the city of the mighty and cast down its strength in which it trusted.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man goes up to the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
To a city of warriors, the wise ascends, and he will bring down the stronghold—its object of trust.
The wise man conquers the strong man and levels his defenses.
One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers— their trusted defenses fell to pieces!
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of its confidence.
A wise man attacks a city of warriors and pulls down the strong defenses in which they trust.
The wise person storms the city of the mighty, and overthrows the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise person scales the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man can storm a city of warriors and overthrow the stronghold upon which they relied.
A wise person can defeat a city full of warriors and tear down the defenses they trust in.
A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise person can attack a strong city. They can pull down the place of safety its people trust in.
One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the trusted stronghold.
A wise man goes over the city walls of the powerful, and brings down the strong-place in which they trust.
The wise conquer the city of the strong and level the fortress in which they trust.
One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.
One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.
One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.
One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.
A chacham scaleth the city of the gibborim (mighty ones), and casteth down the trusted stronghold thereof.
A wise man goes up into the city of the mighty and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise person scales the city of warriors and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
One wise person can rise against a city of mighty men and cause the citadel they trust to collapse.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
A wise man ascended into the city of (the) strong men, and destroyed the strength of [the] trust thereof.
A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
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