Verse 10

The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ømme kvinner har kokt sine egne barn; de ble føde for dem under mitt folks undergang.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De medfølende kvinners hender har kokt sine egne barn; de ble deres mat under ødeleggelsen av mitt folks datter.

• Norsk King James

  De fortvilede mødrene har kokt sine egne barn; de ble deres næring under ødeleggelsen av min folks datter.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Medfølende kvinners hender kokte sine egne barn; de ble deres mat i mitt folks nød.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Medfølende kvinner har kokt sine egne barn; de ble deres mat i folkets ødeleggelse.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De barmhjertige kvinners hender har kokt sine egne barn; de var deres mat under mitt folks datters ødeleggelse.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De ynkelige kvinnenes hender har druknet sine egne barn; de ble deres næring under ødeleggelsen av datteren til mitt folk.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  De barmhjertige kvinners hender har kokt sine egne barn; de var deres mat under mitt folks datters ødeleggelse.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Barmhjertige kvinners hender kokte sine egne barn; de ble mat for dem under mitt folks ødeleggelse.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Medfølende kvinner har kokt sine egne barn. De har blitt deres føde under folkets sammenbrudd.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Barmhjertige Qvinders Hænder kogte deres Børn; de bleve dem til Spise i mit Folks Datters Forstyrrelse.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Medfølende kvinners hender har kokt sine egne barn; de ble til føde for dem i min datters folks ødeleggelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De barmhjertige kvinners hender har kokt sine egne barn; De ble deres mat i ødeleggelsen av mitt folks datter.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hendene til barmhjertige kvinner har kokt sine egne barn, de har blitt til mat i ødeleggelsen av datteren av mitt folk.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De medfølende kvinners hender har kokt sine egne barn; De var deres mat i ødeleggelsen av mitt folks datter.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hendene til nådige kvinner har kokt sine egne barn; de ble deres mat ved ødeleggelsen av mitt folk.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The wome (which of nature are pitefull) haue sodden their owne children with their hondes: that they might be their meate, in ye miserable destruccion of the doughter of my people.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The hands of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, which were their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The women (whiche of nature are pitifull) haue sodden their owne chyldren with their hands, that they might be their meate in the miserable destruction of the daughter of my people.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  י(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed.

Referenced Verses

• Lam 2:20 : 20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom You have done this. Shall the women eat their offspring, the children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.
• Jer 19:9 : 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend during the siege and distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, shall distress them.
• Lev 26:29 : 29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.
• Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you: 54 So that the man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
• 2 Kgs 6:26-29 : 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD does not help you, how shall I help you? from the threshing floor, or from the winepress? 28 And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.
• Lam 3:48 : 48 My eye pours out rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Lam 4:3 : 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
• Ezek 5:10 : 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into all the winds.