Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem,
Isaiah 3:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will make boys their princes, and with childishness shall they rule over them [with outrage instead of justice]. American Standard Version (1901) And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. Common English Bible I will make youths their commanders; mischief makers will rule over them. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will provide children as their leaders, and the effeminate will rule over them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will give children ato be their princes: and the effeminate shall rule over them. |
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem,
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three mouths in Jerusalem.
Jehoiakim 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.
Jehoiachin 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.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
For through the anger of the LORD did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence: and Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.