Isaiah 3:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.””
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BSBPD
““I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Isaiah 3:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 3:7And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- 2 Chronicles 36:2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
- 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 36:9Jehoiachin 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 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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