New International Version (NIV)
12Youths oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;
they turn you from the path.
Isaiah 3:12
Isaiah 3:12 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
12My people! Their oppressors treat them violently,
And women rule over them.
My people! Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
12O My people! Children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Your leaders lead you astray
And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
12Youths oppress My people,
and women rule over them.
O My people, your guides mislead you;
they turn you from your paths.
American Standard Version (ASV)
12As 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
12Children are extortioners 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.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
12As 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.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
12Those who are young treat my people badly.
Women rule over them.
My people, your leaders have taken you down the wrong path.
They have turned you away from the right path.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
12Now children are cruel to my people and women rule over them. My people, your leaders lead you in the wrong direction. They cannot show you what is right.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
12My people—its exactors [are] sucklings, || And women have ruled over it. My people—your eulogists are causing to err, || And the way of your paths swallowed up.