Isaiah 3:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Someone will seize a relative, a member of the clan, saying, “You have a cloak; you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, You have a robe, you shall be our judge and ruler, and this heap of ruins shall be under your control–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

Common English Bible

⁶ Someone will seize a family member, saying, “You have clothing! You be our leader! This mess will be your responsibility!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For a man will apprehend his brother, from the household of his own father, saying: "The vestment is yours. Be our leader, but let this ruin be under your hand."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ For a man shall take hold or his brother, one of the house of his father, saying: Thou hast a garment: be thou our ruler: and let this ruin be under thy hand.

Isaiah 3:6 Cross References

Isaiah 3:7

But the other will cry out on that day, saying, “I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people.”

Isaiah 4:1

Seven women shall take hold of one man on that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes; just let us be called by your name; take away our disgrace.”

John 6:15

When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.