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Isaiah 3:3–4

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The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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  1. 1 Samuel 8:12Rank 1 from verse 3
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    12And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

  2. Deuteronomy 1:15Rank 2 from verse 3
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    15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

  3. Exodus 18:21Rank 3 from verse 3
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    21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

  4. Judges 8:18Rank 4 from verse 3
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    18¶ Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

  5. Exodus 4:10Rank 5 from verse 3
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    10¶ And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16Rank 1 from verse 4
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    16¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

  2. 1 Kings 3:7–9Rank 2 from verse 4
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    7And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

    8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

    9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

  3. 2 Chronicles 33:1Rank 3 from verse 4
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    1MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

  4. 2 Chronicles 36:5Rank 4 from verse 4
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    5¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

  5. 2 Chronicles 36:9Rank 5 from verse 4
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    9¶ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Isaiah 3:3

COMBINED MEANING

captain

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1. A commander, chief, or officer set over an army, guard, band, company, people, or body. 2. A leader who goes before or conducts others in a work, course, or deliverance.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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cunning

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Skilful, expert, knowledgeable, ingenious, or artfully made in a craft, work, music, hunting, or another practice; where joined to deceit, subtly artful.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Isaiah 3:4

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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rule

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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.

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3:2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

3:3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

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

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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.

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