Berean Standard Bible
“For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.”
In the poem's fourth stanza Isaiah widens the charge from the people to their guides. Kings, priests and prophets in the northern kingdom were supposed to lead toward God, but many were leading the nation astray.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
World English Bible (WEB)
For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
King James Version (KJV)
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Porque los gobernadores de este pueblo son engañadores; y sus gobernados, perdidos.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Los caudillos han llevado a su pueblo cuesta abajo hacia la ruina.
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