Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And I will appoint boys to be their princes, - And, petulant children, shall rule over them,
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Holman Bible
and the unstable
International Standard Version
"I will make youths their princes, and infants will rule over them.
A Conservative Version
And I will give sons to be their rulers, and babes shall rule over them.
American Standard Version
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Amplified
And I will make mere boys their princes,
And capricious (impulsive, unpredictable) children will rule over them.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.
Darby Translation
And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
Julia Smith Translation
And I gave boys their chiefs, and the petulant shall rule over them.
King James 2000
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will make boys their princes, and children shall rule over them.
Modern King James verseion
And I will give young boys to be their rulers, and caprices shall rule over them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I shall give you children to be your princes, sayeth the LORD, and babes shall have the rule of you.
NET Bible
The Lord says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.
New Heart English Bible
And I will make youths to be their leaders, and capricious children shall rule over them.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.
Interlinear
Nathan
Na`ar
Sar
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Leaders Of Judah And Jerusalem
3 Captain of fifty, and favourite; And counsellor and skilled artificer, And master of magical formulas; 4 And I will appoint boys to be their princes, - And, petulant children, shall rule over them, 5 And the people will, tyrannise, Every man over his fellow-man, And every man over his friend, - And they will rage The boy against, the elder, And the despised, against, the honourable,
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Alas! for thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, - and, thy rulers, in the morning, do eat:
1 Kings 3:7-9
Now, therefore, O Yahweh 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 and come in.
2 Chronicles 33:1
Twelve years old, was Manasseh when he began to reign, - and, fifty-five years, reigned he in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:1
Eight years old, was Josiah when he begun to reign, - and, thirty-one years, reigned he in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:2
Twenty-three years old, was Joahaz when he began to reign, - and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:5
Twenty-five years old, was Jehoiakim when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem, - and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh his God.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Eight years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months and ten days, reigned he in Jerusalem, and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh;
2 Chronicles 36:11
Twenty-one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, - and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem.