Isaiah 3:4 ““I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them…”

Isaiah 3:4

“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

World English Bible

I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

American Standard Version

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

Darby Translation

And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.

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Cross references

“children”

Ecclesiastes 10:16 1 Kings 3:7–9 2 Chronicles 33:1 2 Chronicles 36:5 2 Chronicles 36:9 2 Chronicles 34:1

Ecclesiastes 10:16 · BSB

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

1 Kings 3:7–9 · BSB

And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

2 Chronicles 33:1 · BSB

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

2 Chronicles 36:5 · BSB

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 36:9 · BSB

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:1 · BSB

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.

5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

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