KJV King James Version
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:
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Isaiah 3:6
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
WEB World English Bible
Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand.”
ASV American Standard Version
When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
When one layeth hold on his brother, Of the house of his father, by the garment, ‘Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin is under thy hand.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 3
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.
8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיִתְפֹּ֨שׂH8610 · ta.pha.sto captureאִ֤ישׁH376 · ishmanבְּאָחִיו֙H251 · achbrother: male-siblingבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceאָבִ֔יוH1 · avfatherשִׂמְלָ֣הH8071 · sim.lahmantleלְכָ֔הH9031 · kayouקָצִ֖יןH7101 · qa.tsinchiefתִּֽהְיֶה־H1961 · ha.yahto beלָּ֑נוּH9035 · nuusוְהַמַּכְשֵׁלָ֥הH4384 · makh.she.lahruinsהַזֹּ֖אתH2063 · zotthisתַּ֥חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underיָדֶֽךָ׃H3027 · yadhand
Cross-references
Isaiah 4:1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.Judges 11:6-8And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.John 6:15When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
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