Isaiah 3:3New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the skillful artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Captain of fifty, and favourite; And counselor, and skilled artificer, And master of magical formulas;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent man.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent oratour.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The captain of fifty and the honorable man and the counsellor and the skilful carpenter and the expert counsellor.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— the captain of fifty also, and the honourable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. |
The captain
8269 {8269} Primeשַׂרsar{sar}
From H8323; a head person (of any rank or class).
of fifty,
2572 {2572} Primeחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishshiym{kham-ish-sheem'}
Multiple of H2568; fifty.
and the honourable
y5375 [5375] Standardנָשָׂאnasa'{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8803 <8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815) Count - 1415
man,
6440 {6440} Primeפָּנִיםpaniym{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun ( פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before, etc.).
x5375 (5375) Complementנָשָׂאnasa'{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
and the counsellor,
3289 {3289} Primeיָעַץya`ats{yaw-ats'}
A primitive root; to advise; reflexively to deliberate or resolve.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
and the cunning
2450 {2450} Primeחָכָםchakam{khaw-kawm'}
From H2449; wise, (that is, intelligent, skilful or artful).
artificer,
y2791 [2791] Standardחֶרֶשׁcheresh{kheh'-resh}
From H2790; magical craft; also silence.
x2796 (2796) Complementחָרָשׁcharash{khaw-rawsh'}
From H2790; a fabricator of any material.
and the eloquent
995 {0995} Primeבִּיןbiyn{bene}
A primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), that is, (generally) understand.
z8737 <8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 793
orator.
3908 {3908} Primeלַחַשׁlachash{lakh'-ash}
From H3907; properly a whisper, that is, by implication (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely an amulet. |
Isaiah 3:3
_ _ captain of fifty — not only captains of thousands, and centurions of a hundred, but even semi-centurions of fifty, shall fail.
_ _ honourable — literally, “of dignified aspect.”
_ _ cunning — skilful. The mechanic’s business will come to a standstill in the siege and subsequent desolation of the state; artisans are no mean “stay” among a nation’s safeguards.
_ _ eloquent orator — rather, as Vulgate, “skilled in whispering,” that is, incantation (Psalms 58:5). See Isaiah 8:19, below; and on “prudent,” see on Isaiah 3:2. |
Isaiah 3:3
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the skilful craftsman, and the (c) eloquent orator.
(c) By these he means that God would take away everything that was of any value, and which they had any opportunity to want in themselves. |
- captain:
Exodus 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Deuteronomy 1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
1 Samuel 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
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- the honourable man:
- Heb. a man eminent in countenance,
Judges 8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.
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- eloquent orator:
- or, skilful of speech,
Exodus 4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Exodus 4:14-16 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, [Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. ... And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
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