Isaiah 3:4
What does Isaiah 3:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 3:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
Context
v.3the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
v.4This passage
v.5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- 2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin 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 Jehovah.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:2
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:11
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
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