Isaiah 3:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    My people! Children oppress you, and women rule over you. Your guides mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    As for my people,{H5971} children{H5953} are their oppressors,{H5065} and women{H802} rule{H4910} over them. O my people,{H5971} they that lead{H833} thee cause thee to err,{H8582} and destroy{H1104} the way{H1870} of thy paths.{H734}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    As for my people{H5971}, children{H5953}{(H8781)} are their oppressors{H5065}{(H8802)}, and women{H802} rule{H4910}{(H8804)} over them. O my people{H5971}, they which lead{H833}{(H8764)} thee cause thee to err{H8582}{(H8688)}, and destroy{H1104}{(H8765)} the way{H1870} of thy paths{H734}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    O my people, rybaudes oppresse ye, and women haue rule of the. O my people, thy leders deceaue the, and treade out the waye of thy footsteppes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Children are extorcioners of my people, and women haue rule ouer them: O my people, they that leade thee, cause thee to erre, and destroy the way of thy paths.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Children are extortioners of my people, and women rule ouer them: O my people, thy leaders deceaue thee, and corrupt the way of thy footsteppes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    My people -- its exactors `are' sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people’s leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 3:4 : 4 And I will make youths their princes, and children shall rule over them.
  • Isa 9:15-16 : 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.
  • Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem. 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
  • Nah 3:13 : 13 Behold, your people in your midst are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Num 6:23-27 : 23 Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, On this wise you shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them, 24 The LORD bless you, and keep you: 25 The LORD make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you: 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.
  • 2 Kgs 11:1 : 1 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal descendants.

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    16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.

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    13 The LORD stands up to plead and stands to judge the people.

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    10 Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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    18 Your way and your deeds have procured these things for you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.

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