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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,{HR}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• 7{i}And now, Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not to go out and to come in.{/i}
 8{i}And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.{/i}
 9{i}Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?{/i} (1 Kings 3:7‑9)
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2 Chron. 33:1• 1{i}Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.{/i} (2 Chron. 33:1)
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2 Chron. 34:1• 1{i}Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.{/i} (2 Chron. 34:1)
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2 Chron. 36:2,5,9,11• 2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
 5{i}Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.{/i}
 9{i}Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.{/i}
 11{i}Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.{/i} (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,{HR}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."

W. Kelly Translation

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And I will give youths to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.