Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children. New Living Translation The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for children.” English Standard Version Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children. Berean Standard Bible Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Also 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. New American Standard Bible And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children. NASB 1995 And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children. NASB 1977 And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children. Legacy Standard Bible And their bows will dash the young men to pieces, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children. Amplified Bible Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon]; They will take no pity on the fruit of the womb, Their eyes will not look with compassion on the children. Christian Standard Bible Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on offspring; they will not look with pity on children. Holman Christian Standard Bible Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on little ones; they will not look with pity on children. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The bows of the young men shall be broken, and upon the fruit of the womb they shall not have compassion, and upon their children their eyes shall not have pity Brenton Septuagint Translation They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare thy children. Contemporary English Version Their arrows will slaughter the young men; no pity will be shown to babies and children. Douay-Rheims Bible But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation But their bows will smash the youth. They'll have no compassion for babies, nor will they look with pity on children. Good News Translation With their bows and arrows they will kill the young men. They will show no mercy to babies and take no pity on children. International Standard Version Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version And bows dash young men to pieces, | And they do not pity the fruit of the womb, | Their eye has no pity on sons. Majority Standard Bible Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. New American Bible With their bows they shall shatter the young men, And the fruit of the womb they shall not spare, nor shall their eye take pity on children. NET Bible 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. New Revised Standard Version Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context An Oracle Concerning Babylon…17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. 18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.… Cross References 2 Kings 8:12 "Why is my lord weeping?" asked Hazael. "Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites," Elisha replied. "You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women." 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, Psalm 127:3 Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Isaiah 47:9 These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells. Jeremiah 5:16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men. Treasury of Scripture Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children. shall dash Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath 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 up. their eyes 2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. Ezekiel 9:5,6,10 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: … Jump to Previous Body Bows Children Compassion Cruel Crushing Dash Death Eye Eyes Fruit Hands Infants Mercy Pieces Pity Putting Slaughter Spare Spears Strike Violently Womb Women YoungJump to Next Body Bows Children Compassion Cruel Crushing Dash Death Eye Eyes Fruit Hands Infants Mercy Pieces Pity Putting Slaughter Spare Spears Strike Violently Womb Women YoungIsaiah 13 1. God musters the armies of his wrath6. He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes 19. The desolation of Babylon (18) Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces.--These, as in Isaiah 22:6, Jeremiah 1:9-14, were the characteristic weapons of the Medo-Persian armies.Verse 18. - Their bows (comp. Jeremiah 1:9, 14). Both the Medes and the Persians were skilled archers. Herodotus tells us that every Persian youth was taught three things - "to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth" (1. 136). At Persepolis, Modes and Persians are alike represented as carrying bows and quivers. AEschyius regards the contest between the Persians and the Greeks as one between the arrow and the spear ('Persae,' 11. 135, 136). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Their bowsוּקְשָׁת֖וֹת (ū·qə·šā·ṯō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris {will dash} young men נְעָרִ֣ים (nə·‘ā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer to pieces; תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָה (tə·raṭ·ṭaš·nāh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7376: To dash in pieces they will have no לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no mercy יְרַחֵ֔מוּ (yə·ra·ḥê·mū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7355: To fondle, to love, to compassionate on the fruit וּפְרִי־ (ū·p̄ə·rî-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6529: Fruit of the womb; בֶ֙טֶן֙ (ḇe·ṭen) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything they will not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no look with pity תָח֥וּס (ṯā·ḥūs) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2347: To pity, look upon with compassion on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the children. בָּנִ֖ים (bā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son Links Isaiah 13:18 NIVIsaiah 13:18 NLT Isaiah 13:18 ESV Isaiah 13:18 NASB Isaiah 13:18 KJV Isaiah 13:18 BibleApps.com Isaiah 13:18 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 13:18 Chinese Bible Isaiah 13:18 French Bible Isaiah 13:18 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:18 Their bows will dash the young men (Isa Isi Is) |
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