KJV King James Version
And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
WEB World English Bible
I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.
ASV American Standard Version
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 3
1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
4 And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, [saying], Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and [let] this ruin [be] under thy hand:
7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
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Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God.1 Kings 3:7-9And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I [am but] a little child: I know not [how] to go out or come in.2 Chronicles 36:2Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
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