Isaiah 3:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
"I will make mere youths their officials; children will rule over them."

New Living Translation
I will make boys their leaders, and toddlers their rulers.

English Standard Version
And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.

Berean Study Bible
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

New American Standard Bible
And I will make mere boys their leaders, And mischievous children will rule over them,

NASB 1995
And I will make mere lads their princes, And capricious children will rule over them,

NASB 1977
And I will make mere lads their princes And capricious children will rule over them,

Amplified Bible
And I will make mere boys their princes, And capricious (impulsive, unpredictable) children will rule over them.

Christian Standard Bible
“I will make youths their leaders, and unstable rulers will govern them.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will make youths their leaders, and the unstable will govern them."

Contemporary English Version
He will let children and babies become your rulers.

Good News Translation
The LORD will let the people be governed by immature boys.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I will make boys their leaders. Children will govern them."

International Standard Version
"I will make youths their princes, and infants will rule over them.

NET Bible
The LORD says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

New King James Version
“I will give children to be their princes, And babes shall rule over them.

King James 2000 Bible
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

New Heart English Bible
The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

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

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

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

A Faithful Version
"And I will give young lads to be their princes, and capricious children shall rule over them.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And I shall geue children to be their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And I shal geue you children to be youre prynces (saieth the LORDE) and babes shall haue the rule of you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I have made youths their heads, "" And sucklings rule over them.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

Smith's Literal Translation
And I gave boys their chiefs, and the petulant shall rule over them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will provide children as their leaders, and the effeminate will rule over them.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall raise up young men as their Princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them

Lamsa Bible
And I will appoint young men to be their princes, and mockers shall rule over them.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will give children to be their princes, And babes shall rule over them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.
















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