KJV King James 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.
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Isaiah 13:18
[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.
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BSB 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 13
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword.
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.
18 [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.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּקְשָׁת֖וֹתH7198 · qe.shetbowנְעָרִ֣יםH5288 · na.aryouthתְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָהH7376 · ra.tashto dash in piecesוּפְרִי־H6529 · pe.rifruitבֶ֙טֶן֙H990 · be.tenbelly: abdomenלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיְרַחֵ֔מוּH7355 · ra.chamto have compassionעַל־H5921 · aluponבָּנִ֖יםH1121 · benson: childלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתָח֥וּסH2347 · chusto pityעֵינָֽם׃H5869 · a.yineye
Cross-references
2 Kings 8:12And 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.2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore 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.Hosea 13:16Samaria 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.Isaiah 13:16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.Ezekiel 9:10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, [but] I will recompense their way upon their head.Ezekiel 9:5-6And 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:Nahum 3:10Yet [was] she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.Nahum 2:1He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.
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