Interlinear Study Bible

Berean Study Bible
For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore ... the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

English Standard Version
For the household gods utter nonsense and the diviners see lies they tell false dreams and give empty consolation Therefore the people wander like sheep they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd

Holman Christian Standard Version
For the idols speak falsehood, and the diviners see illusions; they relate empty dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

King James Version
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled (8799), because there was no shepherd (8802).

Lexham English Bible
Because the household gods speak deceit, and those who practice divination see a lie, and the dreamers of vanity speak in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

New American Standard Version
For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore {the people} wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

World English Bible
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.