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Isaiah 9:15

Isaiah chapter 9 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.14Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

v.15This passage

v.16For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 13:18

    And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

  • Jeremiah 27:9

    But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

  • Hosea 9:8

    Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.

  • Matthew 7:15

    Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

  • Jeremiah 23:25

    I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

  • Jeremiah 23:9

    Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.