4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.


In Context

1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.

2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

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

5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, You have clothing, be you our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand:

Isaiah 3:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:4I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:4And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.