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Isaiah 9:15–16

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15Elderso and the respectablep are the head,

and prophetsq who teach liesr are the tail.

16And the leaders of this people were misleading them,

and those who were led were confused.

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Footnotes

  1. oHebrew “Elder”
  2. pLiterally “one lifted up of face”
  3. qHebrew “prophet”
  4. rHebrew “lie”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

the elder and honored man is the head,

and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;

for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,

and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

the elders and dignitaries are the head,

the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Those who guide this people mislead them,

and those who are guided are led astray.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The head is the elder, the honored one;

the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.

The leaders of the people mislead them,

and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

The leaders of Israel are the head,

and the lying prophets are the tail.

For the leaders of the people have misled them.

They have led them down the path of destruction.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

KJV 1900King James Version

The ancient and honourable, he is the head;

And the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

For the leaders of this people cause them to err;

And they that are led of them are destroyed.

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