Isaiah
King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 9:15
“The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.”
King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 9:15 Context
12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. 14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. 17Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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Translation Details for Isaiah 9:15
The ancient and honourable , he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Other Translations for Isaiah 9:15
Bible Commentary for Isaiah 9:15
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 9:15
9:15 The prophet - Whose destruction he mentions, not as if it were a punishment to them to be deprived of such persons, but partly to shew the extent of the calamity, that it should reach all sorts of persons; and partly to beat down their vain presumptions of peace and prosperity, by shewing that those false prophets, which had fed their vain hopes, should perish, and their false prophecies with them. Tail - The basest part of the whole people.
The ancient and honourable, hee is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the taile.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The head is the elder and honorable man, And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.
- Basic English Bible
the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Darby Bible
The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Webster's Bible
The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
- World English Bible
Elder, and accepted of face, he [is] the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he [is] the tail.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(9:14) The elder and the man of rank, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible