Isaiah 9:15–16
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15The head is athe elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches bfalsehood is the tail.
16aFor those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are 1brought to confusion.
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- 1Or swallowed up
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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.
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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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Elders and the respectable are the head,
and prophets who teach lies are the tail.
And the leaders of this people were misleading them,
and those who were led were confused.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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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