Isaiah 9:15

In 11 translations

BSB

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

KJV

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

WEB

The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.

ASV

The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

LSV

Elderly and accepted of faces—he [is] the head, || And prophet teaching falsehood—he [is] the tail.

YLT

Elder, and accepted of face, he [is] the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he [is] the tail.

DBY

the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

DRC

The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

GNV

The ancient and the honorable man, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the taile.

JPS9:14

The elder and the man of rank, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

LXXE9:14

the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

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WLC9:14

זָקֵ֥ן וּנְשׂוּא־פָנִ֖ים ה֣וּא הָרֹ֑אשׁ וְנָבִ֥יא מֽוֹרֶה־שֶּׁ֖קֶר ה֥וּא הַזָּנָֽב׃KJV:Isa.9.15

LXX-Br9:14

καὶ προφήτην διδάσκοντα ἄνομα, οὗτος ἡ οὐρά.

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• Isaiah 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
• Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Jeremiah 29:21–22This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he…
• Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
• 2 Timothy 4:2–3Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears…
• 1 Samuel 9:6“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
• Isaiah 3:2–3the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder, the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they…
• 2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction…
• Jeremiah 23:14–15And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to…
• Isaiah 5:13Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
• 1 Kings 22:22–24And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the…
• 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
• Jeremiah 27:14–15Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie. For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in…
• Ezekiel 13:1–16Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what…

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