Isaiah 3:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ captain of fifty and dignitary, counselor and skillful magician and expert enchanter.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.

Common English Bible

³ commander and celebrity; counselor, clever craftsman, and cunning charmer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ the leader over fifty and the honorable in appearance; and the counselor, and the wise among builders, and the skillful in mystical speech.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech.

Isaiah 3:3 Cross References

Job 22:8

The powerful possess the land, and the favored live in it.

Exodus 18:21

You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Exodus 4:10

But Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor even now that you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

Isaiah 3:2

warrior and soldier, judge and prophet, diviner and elder,

Isaiah 3:4

And I will make youths their princes, and children shall rule over them.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

Isaiah 9:15

elders and dignitaries are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail,

Deuteronomy 1:15

So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and reputable individuals, and installed them as leaders over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officials, throughout your tribes.

Judges 8:18

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What about the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king.”

1 Samuel 8:12

and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.