For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understandingandknowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

By the transgression of a land many are its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right--it is prolonged.

By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding [and] of knowledge, [its] stability is prolonged.