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Isaiah 3:4

WEB

4I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

KJV

4And I will give[+] children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

BSB

4I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

FBV

4I will give them boys as their leaders who will rule over them in childish ways.

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Extra References

Ecclesiastes 10:16

16Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!


2 Chronicles 36:5

5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD his God’s sight.


2 Chronicles 36:9

9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.


1 Kings 3:7-9

7Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in. 8Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude. 9Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”


2 Chronicles 33:1

1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.


2 Chronicles 34:1

1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.


2 Chronicles 36:2

2Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.


2 Chronicles 36:11

11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.