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Isaiah 3:4

World English Bible

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

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Isaiah 3:4 in other translations

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

Isaiah 3:4 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 3:4 in context

  1. 2the mighty man,
    the man of war,
    the judge,
    the prophet,
    the diviner,
    the elder,
  2. 3the captain of fifty,
    the honorable man,
    the counselor,
    the skilled craftsman,
    and the clever enchanter.
  3. 4I will give boys to be their princes,
    and children shall rule over them.
  4. 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 wicked against the honorable.
  5. 6Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,
    “You have clothing, you be our ruler,
    and let this ruin be under your hand.”