King James Version
Isaiah 3:4 in the King James Version says “And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.”
Isaiah 3:4 · KJV
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.
And 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.
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“children”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“and babes”
H8586caprice (as a fit coming on), i.e., vexation; concretely a tyrant
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