16For the guides of this people mislead them; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.


In Context

13 But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts.

14 And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:

15 the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

16 For the guides of this people mislead them; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.

17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on their fatherless and on their widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness burneth as a fire: it devoureth briars and thorns, and kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they go rolling up like a pillar of smoke.

Isaiah 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led by them are destroyed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.