Isaiah 3:4

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְנָתַתִּ֥י נְעָרִ֖ים שָׂרֵיהֶ֑ם וְתַעֲלוּלִ֖ים יִמְשְׁלוּ־בָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπιστήσω νεανίσκους ἄρχοντας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐμπαίκται κυριεύσουσιν αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
• 2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
• 1 Kings 3:7–9And 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. Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people…
• 2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin 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 36:5Jehoiakim 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 36:2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
• 2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
• 2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

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