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Isaiah 13:18

In Isaiah 13 of Isaiah.

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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וּקְשָׁת֖וֹתuqeshatotand bowקֶשֶׁתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and bow”, the ordinary formH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).נְעָרִ֣יםnearimboyנַעַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “boy”, the ordinary formH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָהteratashnahdashרָטָשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “dash”, an unfinished actionH7376to dash downdash (in pieces).וּפְרִיuferiand fruitפְּרִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.בֶ֨טֶן֙vetenbodyבֶּטֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “body”, the ordinary formH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יְרַחֵ֔מוּyerachemvloveרָחַםverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “love”, an unfinished actionH7355to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionatehave compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בָּנִ֖יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תָח֥וּסtachuspityחוּסverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “pity”, an unfinished actionH2347properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionatepity, regard, spare.עֵינָֽםeynameye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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.

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.

Darby Translation

And [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.

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τοξεύματα νεανίσκων συντρίψουσι, καὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσωσιν, οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς τέκνοις σου φείσονται οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν.

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