Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.
NMVWhere [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy [is] he.
OJBWhere there is no chazon (prophetic vision), the people cast off restaint, but he that is shomer over the torah, happy is he.
T4TWhen the people of a nation do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. God is pleased with those who obey his laws.