Isaiah 13:18
What does Isaiah 13:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 13:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Andtheirbows 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Their 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Andtheirbows 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And [their] bows 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.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 9:10
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
- Ezekiel 9:5
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
- 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 strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt; 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.
- 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.
- Isaiah 13:16
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
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