5People will oppress each other- man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.


In Context

2 the hero and warrior, the judge and prophet, the soothsayer and elder,

3 the captain of fifty and man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

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

5 People will oppress each other- man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.

6 A man will seize one of his brothers at his father's home, and say, "You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!"

7 But in that day he will cry out, "I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people."

Isaiah 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honorable.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And the people hath exacted — man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And 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.