Isaiah 13:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye will not spare children.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Their bows will strike down the young men; they will show no mercy to the offspring of the womb, nor will they pity children.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And [their] bows{H7198} shall dash{H7376} the young men{H5288} in pieces;{H7376} and they shall have no pity{H7355} on the fruit{H6529} of the womb;{H990} their eye{H5869} shall not spare{H2347} children.{H1121}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Their bows{H7198} also shall dash{H7376} the young men{H5288} to pieces{H7376}{(H8762)}; and they shall have no pity{H7355}{(H8762)} on the fruit{H6529} of the womb{H990}; their eye{H5869} shall not spare{H2347}{(H8799)} children{H1121}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then shall yonge mens bowes be knapped asunder. The Medes shal haue no pitie vpo wome wt childe, & their faces shall not spare ye childre.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    With bowes also shall they destroy ye children, and shall haue no compassion vpon the fruit of the wombe, and their eies shall not spare the children.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    With bowes shall they destroy the young men, and haue no pitie on women with chylde, and their faces shall not spare the chyldren.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    [Their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And `their' bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" And he answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will slay with the sword, and will dash their children, and rip up their women with child."
  • 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or young woman, old man, or aged; he gave them all into his hand.
  • Isa 13:16 : 16 Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished.
  • Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity: 6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.
  • Ezek 9:10 : 10 And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
  • Hos 13:16 : 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.
  • Nah 2:1 : 1 The one who dashes in pieces is coming up before you: keep the fortress, watch the road, make your loins strong, fortify your power mightily.
  • Nah 3:10 : 10 Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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