Isaiah 9:16

NETBible

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed. 1 

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion.

NLT ©

For the leaders of the people have led them down the path of destruction.

MSG ©

Those who were supposed to lead this people led them down blind alleys, And those who followed the leaders ended up lost and confused.

BBE ©

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.

NRSV ©

for those who led this people led them astray, and those who were led by them were left in confusion.

NKJV ©

For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.

KJV
For the leaders
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of this people
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cause [them] to err
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and [they that are] led
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of them [are] destroyed
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{the leaders: or, they that call them blessed} {led of: or, called blessed of} {destroyed: Heb. swallowed up}
NASB ©
For those who guide
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this
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people
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are leading
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them
astray
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; And those who are guided
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by them are brought
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to confusion
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.
LXXM
(9:15) kai
<2532> 
CONJ
esontai
<1510> 
V-FMI-3P
oi
<3588> 
T-NPM
makarizontev
<3106> 
V-PAPNP
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
laon
<2992> 
N-ASM
touton
<3778> 
D-ASM
planwntev
<4105> 
V-PAPNP
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
planwsin
<4105> 
V-PAI-3P
opwv
<3704> 
CONJ
katapiwsin
<2666> 
V-AAS-3P
autouv
<846> 
D-APM
NET [draft] ITL
The leaders
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of this
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nation
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were misleading
<08582>
people, and the people being led
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were destroyed
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.
HEBREW
Myelbm
<01104>
wyrsamw
<0833>
Myetm
<08582>
hzh
<02088>
Meh
<05971>
yrsam
<0833>
wyhyw
<01961>
(9:16)
<9:15>
NETBible

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed. 1 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “and the ones being led were swallowed up.” Instead of taking מְבֻלָּעִים (mÿbulla’im) from בָּלַע (bala’, “to swallow”), HALOT 134 s.v. בלע proposes a rare homonymic root בלע (“confuse”) here.