King James Version

Lamentations 5:11

They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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נָשִׁים֙nashimeachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.בְּצִיּ֣וֹןbetsionin Zionצִיּוֹןpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.עִנּ֔וּinvabase selfעָנָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “abase self”, a completed actionH6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), speak (by mistake for H6030 (עָנ…בְּתֻלֹ֖תbetulotvirginבְּתוּלָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “virgin”, the ordinary formH1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or statemaid, virgin.בְּעָרֵ֥יbearein cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.יְהוּדָֽהyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.

World English Bible

They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.

Darby Translation

They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.

Douay-Rheims

They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They humbled the women in Sion, the virgins in the cities of Juda.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γυναῖκας ἐν Σιὼν ἐταπείνωσαν, παρθένους ἐν πόλεσιν Ἰούδα.