Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
And I will appoint boys to be their princes, - And, petulant 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
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Leaders Of Judah And Jerusalem
3 the captain of fifty and the honorable, the senators and men of understanding, the masters of crafts and orators. 4 And I shall give you children to be your princes, sayeth the LORD, and babes shall have the rule of you. 5 One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy shall presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe be unto thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their banquets.
1 Kings 3:7-9
And now LORD, my God, it is thou that hast made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am a young lad and know not how to order myself.
2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he was made king, and reigned fifty five years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was made king when he was eight years old, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty one years.
2 Chronicles 36:2
And Jehoahaz was twenty three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:5
And Jehoiakim was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that displeased the LORD his God.
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 did that displeased the LORD.
2 Chronicles 36:11
And Zedekiah was twenty one years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.