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


In Context

13 And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts.

14 And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.

15 The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

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

17 Therefore the Lord shell have no joy in their young men: neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless, and widows: for every one is a hypocrite and wicked, and every mouth hath spoken folly. For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his bend is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16For the guides of this people mislead them; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.

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.