King James Version

Isaiah 9:16

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Isaiah 9:15.

וַיִּֽהְי֛וּvayihyvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מְאַשְּׁרֵ֥יmeashregoאָשַׁרverb, piel, participle, construct — “go”, a verb used as a describing wordH833to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper(call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.הָֽעָםhaamthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.הַזֶּ֖הhazehthe the one...the otherזֶהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…מַתְעִ֑יםmatimdeceiveתָּעָהverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “deceive”, a verb used as a describing wordH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יוumeusharayvand goאָשַׁרconjunction, verb, pual, passive participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and go”, a verb used as a describing wordH833to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper(call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.מְבֻלָּעִֽיםmevulaimdestroyבָּלַעverb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroycover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-15) For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.

World English Bible

For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.

Darby Translation

For the guides of this people mislead [them]; and they that are guided by them are swallowed up.

Douay-Rheims

And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-15) For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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