Isaiah 13:16
What does Isaiah 13:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 13:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Their inhabitants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
- Lamentations 5:11
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
- Hosea 10:14
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
- Nahum 3:10
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
- Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Isaiah 13:18
Andtheirbows 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.
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