Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
*And I will giue children to bee their Princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.
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- *Cross-referenceEccles. 10.16.
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- Ecclesiastes 10:16Rank 1 from verse 4
- 1 Kings 3:7–9Rank 2 from verse 4
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?
7And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in stead of Dauid my father: and I am but a litle childe: I know not how to goe out or come in.
8And thy seruant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbred, nor counted for multitude.
9*Giue therefore thy seruant an †understanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good and bad: for who is able to iudge this thy so great a people?
- 2 Chronicles 33:1Rank 3 from verse 4
- 2 Chronicles 36:5Rank 4 from verse 4
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¶ Iehoiakim was twentie and fiue yeres old when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem: and hee did that which was euill in the sight of the LORD his God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9Rank 5 from verse 4
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.
9¶ *Iehoiachin was eight yeeres old when hee began to reigne, and hee reigned three moneths and ten dayes in Ierusalem, and hee did that which was euill in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1Rank 6 from verse 4
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Isaiah 3:4
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Rulers, chiefs, or persons of high rank and authority.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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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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3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
3†‖The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent oratour.
4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
4*And I will giue children to bee their Princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.
Selected passage5And 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.
5And the people shall be oppressed, euery one by another, and euery one by his neighbour: the childe shall behaue himselfe proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.