ISA 9:16 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (ISA 9:15) Καὶ ἔσονται οἱ μακαρίζοντες τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον πλανῶντες, καὶ πλανῶσιν, ὅπως καταπίνωσιν αὐτούς.
(Kai esontai hoi makarizontes ton laon touton planōntes, kai planōsin, hopōs katapinōsin autous.)

BrTr (ISA 9:15) And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.

ULT For the guides of this people are misleading, them,
⇔ and its guided ones are being swallowed up.

UST The leaders of the people are telling them to do the wrong things.
⇔ As a result, the people they are leading are suffering greatly.

BSB & MSB For those who guide this people mislead them,
⇔ and those they mislead are swallowed up.

OEB No OEB ISA 9:16 book available

WEBBE & WMBB For those who lead this people lead them astray;
⇔ and those who are led by them are destroyed.

NET The leaders of this nation were misleading people,
⇔ and the people being led were destroyed.

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

FBV The people's leaders have misled them; those who were guided by them are confused.

T4T The leaders of the people have misled them;
⇔ they have caused the people that they are ruling to be confused.

LEB • And the leaders of this people were misleading them,
• and those who were led were confused.

BBE For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.

Moff No Moff ISA 9:16 book available

JPS (ISA 9:15) (9-14) The elder and the man of rank, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

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

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

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

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

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

SLT And there will be those leading this people causing them to wander; and those being led being swallowed up.

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

KJB-1769 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.[fn][fn][fn]

9.16 the leaders: or, they that call them blessed

9.16 led of: or, called blessed of

9.16 destroyed: Heb. swallowed up

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]For the leaders of this people cause them to erre, and they that are ledde of them, are destroyed.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

9:16 Or, they that call them blessed.

9:16 Or, they that are called blessed of them.

9:16 Heb. swallowed vp.

Bshps For the guides of this people are deceauers, and those that be gouerned are vtterly lost.
(For the guides of this people are deceivers, and those that be governed are utterly lost.)

Gnva For the leaders of the people cause them to erre: and they that are led by them are deuoured.
(For the leaders of the people cause them to err: and they that are led by them are devoured.)

Cvdl For all they which enfourme the people that they be in a right case, soch be disceauers. Soch as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge these, are but cast awaye.
(For all they which inform the people that they be in a right case, such be deceivers. Such as men think also to be perfect among these, are but cast away.)

Wycl And thei that blessen his puple, schulen be disseyueris, and thei that ben blessid, schulen be cast doun.
(And they that bless his people, should be deceivers, and they that been blessed, should be cast down.)

Luth (ISA 9:15) Denn die Leiter dieses Volks sind Verführer, und die sich leiten lassen, sind verloren.
(Because the leader/director this peoples are deceiver, and the itself/yourself/themselves lead(v) let, are lost.)

ClVg Et erunt qui beatificant populum istum, seducentes; et qui beatificantur, præcipitati.
(And they_will_be who/which beatificant the_people that, seducing; and who/which they_are_blest, thrown_headlong.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּֽהְי֛וּ מְאַשְּׁרֵ֥י הָֽ⁠עָם־הַ⁠זֶּ֖ה מַתְעִ֑ים

and=they_were guide_of of,the_people the=this mislead

Isaiah is speaking as if the leaders were guides leading people along a path, but they are leading them in the wrong direction. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the leaders of this people are causing them to go in the wrong direction]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו מְבֻלָּעִֽים

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him swallowed_up

Isaiah is speaking as if destruction were being swallowed up, like food being consumed. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and its guided ones are being destroyed]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו מְבֻלָּעִֽים

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him swallowed_up

The expression its guided ones are being swallowed up is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and destruction swallows up its guided ones]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him

The pronoun its refers to this people. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [this people’s guided ones]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him

Isaiah is using the adjective guided ones as a noun to mean a certain kind of person, that is, the people being guided by their leaders. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [those who are being guided by them]

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