Isaiah 3:6
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:
KJV
Apprehendet enim vir fratrem suum, domesticum patris sui : Vestimentum tibi est, princeps esto noster, ruina autem hæc sub manu tua.
Vulgate
ὅτι ἐπιλήμψεται ἄνθρωπος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἢ τοῦ οἰκείου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ λέγων Ἱμάτιον ἔχεις, ἀρχηγὸς ἡμῶν γενοῦ, καὶ τὸ βρῶμα τὸ ἐμὸν ὑπὸ σὲ ἔστω.
LXX
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;
ASV
כִּֽי יִתְפֹּ֨שׂ אִ֤ישׁ בְּ/אָחִי/ו֙ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔י/ו שִׂמְלָ֣ה לְ/כָ֔ה קָצִ֖ין תִּֽהְיֶה לָּ֑/נוּ וְ/הַ/מַּכְשֵׁלָ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את תַּ֥חַת יָדֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 4:1 — And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
- Isa 34:12 — They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
- John 6:15 — When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
- Judg 11:6 — And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
- Zech 8:23 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We