Lamentations 2:21
“The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 2:21 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Knaben und Greise liegen am Boden auf den Straßen; meine Jungfrauen und meine Jünglinge sind durchs Schwert gefallen; hingemordet hast du am Tage deines Zornes, geschlachtet ohne Schonung.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Niños y viejos yacían por tierra en las calles; mis vírgenes y mis mancebos cayeron á cuchillo: mataste en el día de tu furor, degollaste, no perdonaste.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Jovens e velhos jazem por pelas ruas; minhas virgens e meus rapazes caíram à espada; tu os mataste no dia de tua ira, degolaste sem ter compaixão.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Jazem juntamente o moço e o velho nas terras e nas ruas. Minhas virgens e meus homens vigorosos caíram pela espada. Tu os abateste no dia da Tua ira. Tu os mataste impiedosamente e não mostraste compaixão.
📖 Lamentations 2:21 in Context
19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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