King James Version
Isaiah 3:2 in the King James Version says “The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,”
Isaiah 3:2 · KJV
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. the honourable: Heb. a man eminent in countenance eloquent: or, skilful of speech
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and the man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“the judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“and the prudent”
H7080properly, to distribute, i.e., determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
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