Parallel Verses
Amplified
For those who lead this people are causing them to go astray;
And those who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up.
New American Standard Bible
And those who are guided by them are
King James Version
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Holman Bible
and those they mislead are swallowed up.
International Standard Version
For those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
A Conservative Version
For those who lead this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.
American Standard Version
For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Bible in Basic English
For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.
Darby Translation
For the guides of this people mislead them; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.
Julia Smith Translation
And there will be those leading this people causing them to wander; and those being led being swallowed up.
King James 2000
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led by them are destroyed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the leaders of this people were misleading [them], and those who were led [were] confused.
Modern King James verseion
For the leaders of this people led them astray; and their guided ones are swallowed up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For all they which inform the people that they be in a right cause, such be deceivers. Such as men think also to be perfect among these, are but cast aways.
NET Bible
The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.
New Heart English Bible
For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
The Emphasized Bible
And they who should have led this people forward have been causing them to stray, - And, they who are led of them are destroyed,
Webster
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led by them are destroyed.
World English Bible
For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.
Themes
Interlinear
Ta`ah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 9:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Anger Against Arrogance
15
The elderly and honorable man, he is the head;
And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
For those who lead this people are causing them to go astray;
And those who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up.
Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men,
Nor does He have compassion on their fatherless or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away
But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
Cross References
Isaiah 3:12
O My people! Children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Your leaders lead you astray
And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.
Matthew 15:14
Numbers 6:23-26
“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them:
1 Kings 8:55-56
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.
Matthew 23:16-36
Hebrews 7:7
Yet it is beyond all dispute that the lesser person is always blessed by the greater one.