Lamentations 2:12
“They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 2:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Zu ihren Müttern sagen sie: Wo ist Korn und Wein? indem sie wie tödlich Verwundete hinschmachten auf den Straßen der Stadt, indem ihre Seele sich ergießt in den Busen ihrer Mütter.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Decían á sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo y el vino? Desfallecían como heridos en las calles de la ciudad, derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eles dizem às suas mães: Onde está o trigo e o vinho?, enquanto desfalecem como feridos pelas ruas da cidade, derramando suas almas no colo de suas mães.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eles dizem para suas mães: "Onde está o pão e o vinho?", desmaiando como homens feridos nas estradas da cidade, suas vidas caindo no colo das suas mães.
📖 Lamentations 2:12 in Context
10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
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