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Isaiah 3

Isa. 3:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I will give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
children
na`ar (Hebrew #5288)
(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 latitude in age)
KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287
a to be their princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
, and babes
ta`aluwl (Hebrew #8586)
caprice (as a fit coming on), i.e. vexation; concretely a tyrant
KJV usage: babe, delusion.
Pronounce: tah-al-ool'
Origin: from 5953
shall rule
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
over them.
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Eccl. 10:16• 16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! (Eccl. 10:16)

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Babes,
Prince; Princess

Cross References

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1 Kings 3:7‑9• 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? (1 Kings 3:7‑9)
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2 Chron. 33:1• 1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: (2 Chron. 33:1)
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2 Chron. 34:1• 1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. (2 Chron. 34:1)
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2 Chron. 36:2,5,9,11• 2Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
 5Jehoiakim 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.
 9Jehoiachin 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.
 11Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 36:2,5,9,11)
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Eccl. 10:16• 16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! (Eccl. 10:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I will appoint youths as their princes, and childreng shall rule over them.

JND Translation Notes

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Some take the word as "childish things," or "caprices."