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Isaiah 9:16

For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

KJV

Et erunt qui beatificant populum istum, seducentes ; et qui beatificantur, præcipitati.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔσονται οἱ μακαρίζοντες τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον πλανῶντες, καὶ πλανῶσιν ὅπως καταπίνωσιν αὐτούς.

LXX

For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

ASV

עַל כֵּ֨ן עַל בַּחוּרָ֜י/ו לֹֽא יִשְׂמַ֣ח אֲדֹנָ֗/י וְ/אֶת יְתֹמָ֤י/ו וְ/אֶת אַלְמְנֹתָי/ו֙ לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔ם כִּ֤י כֻלּ/וֹ֙ חָנֵ֣ף וּ/מֵרַ֔ע וְ/כָל פֶּ֖ה דֹּבֵ֣ר נְבָלָ֑ה בְּ/כָל זֹאת֙ לֹא שָׁ֣ב אַפּ֔/וֹ וְ/ע֖וֹד יָד֥/וֹ נְטוּיָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
חָנֵ֣ף
chnp
adjective · 13×
י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 45×
נְבָלָ֖ה
nblh
noun · 13×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:55 — And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
  • Heb 9:7 — But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
  • Isa 3:12 — 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.
  • Jer 23:13 — And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
  • Luke 6:39 — And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
  • Matt 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Matt 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Matt 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!