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# astray, go astray, led astray, stray
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## Definition
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The phrase "go astray" means to act in a way that is against God's will. People who are "led astray" have allowed other people or circumstances to influence them to disobey God.
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* The word "astray" gives a picture of leaving a clear path or a place of safety to go down a dangerous path.
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* Sheep who leave the pasture of their shepherd have "strayed." God compares sinful people to sheep who have left him and gone astray.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* The phrase "go astray" could be translated as, "go away from God" or "take a wrong path away from God's will" or "stop obeying God" or "live in a way that goes away from God."
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* To "lead someone astray" could be translated as, "cause someone to disobey God" or "influence someone to stop obeying God".
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