Isaiah 3:11–12
Isaiah 3:11–12 — The New International Version (NIV)
11 Woe to the wicked!
Disaster is upon them!
They will be paid back
for what their hands have done.
12 Youths oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;
they turn you from the path.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
12 My people—infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him:
For the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12 As for my people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err,
And destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
11 But the wicked are doomed,
for they will get exactly what they deserve.
12 Childish leaders oppress my people,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you;
they send you down the wrong road.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12 As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”
Isaiah 3:11–12 — New Century Version (NCV)
11 But how terrible it will be for the wicked!
They will be punished for all the wrong they have done.
12 Children treat my people cruelly,
and women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you in the wrong way
and turn you away from what is right.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead thee, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
11 How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them.
What they have done will be done to them.
12 “Children will oppress my people.
Women will rule them.
My people, your guides mislead you,
and you don’t know which way to go.”
Isaiah 3:11–12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
11 Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.
12 Youths oppress My people,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
for what their hands have done shall be done to them.
12 My people—children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you,
and confuse the course of your paths.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
11 Woe to the wicked! It is bad!
For what is done by his hands will be done to him.
12 My people—children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders are misleading you,
and they confuse the course of your paths.
Isaiah 3:11–12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
11 But how terrible it will be for those who do what is evil!
Trouble is about to fall on them.
They will be paid back for the evil things they’ve done.
12 Those who are young crush my people.
Women rule over them.
My people, your leaders have taken you down the wrong path.
They have turned you away from the right path.