Isaiah 3:12
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.
KJV
Populum meum exactores sui spoliaverunt, et mulieres dominatæ sunt eis. Popule meus, qui te beatum dicunt, ipsi te decipiunt, et viam gressuum tuorum dissipant.
Vulgate
λαός μου, οἱ πράκτορες ὑμῶν καλαμῶνται ὑμᾶς, καὶ οἱ ἀπαιτοῦντες κυριεύουσιν ὑμῶν. λαός μου, οἱ μακαρίζοντες ὑμᾶς πλανῶσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ τὸν τρίβον τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ταράσσουσιν.
LXX
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
ASV
עַמִּ/י֙ נֹגְשָׂ֣י/ו מְעוֹלֵ֔ל וְ/נָשִׁ֖ים מָ֣שְׁלוּ ב֑/וֹ עַמִּ/י֙ מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣י/ךָ מַתְעִ֔ים וְ/דֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖י/ךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The Spirit of God doth manifestly speak in the Old Testament, pronouncing a malediction and curse upon that people where a woman reigneth. And the prophets, by the mouth of Deborah herself, declare that it was shame and confusion for Israel to be governed by a woman, which shame Barak sustained when Deborah went with him to battle.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 11:1 — And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- Eccl 10:16 — Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- Heb 9:7 — But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
- Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
- Isa 3:4 — And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
- Isa 9:16 — For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
- Isa 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way t
- Isa 28:14 — Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
- Isa 43:27 — Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
- Jas 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
- Jer 23:32 — Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: there
- Mic 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
- Nah 3:13 — Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
- Prov 28:16 — The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.