Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall young men's bows be knapped asunder. The Medes shall have no pity upon women with child, and their faces shall not spare the children.
New American Standard Bible
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their
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.
Holman Bible
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.
International Standard Version
Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon];
They will take no pity on the fruit of the womb,
Their eyes will not look with compassion on the children.
Bible in Basic English
In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the bows of the boys shall be dashed in pieces, and the fruit of the womb they shall not pity; and upon their sons their eye shall not have compassion.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [their] bows will shatter young men. And they will not show mercy on [the] fruit of [the] womb; their eyes will not look compassionately on children.
Modern King James verseion
And bows shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not pity sons.
NET Bible
Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person's offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
And, bows, shall dash the young to pieces, - And on the fruit of the womb, will they have no pity, Over children, will their eye throw no shield.
Webster
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.
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.
Youngs 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.
Interlinear
Na`ar
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 13:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Babylon
17 For lo, I shall bring up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver, nor be desirous of gold. 18 Then shall young men's bows be knapped asunder. The Medes shall have no pity upon women with child, and their faces shall not spare the children. 19 And Babylon, that glory of kingdoms and beauty of the Chaldeans' honor, shall be destroyed, even as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorra.
Cross References
2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, "Why weepeth my lord?" And he answered, "For I know that thou shalt do evil unto the children of Israel: their strong cities thou shalt set on fire, and their young men thou shalt slay with the sword, and shalt dash out the brains of their sucking children: and all to tear their women with child."
2 Chronicles 36:17
And so he brought upon them the king of Chaldeans and slew their young men with the sword in their holy temple, and neither spared young man nor maiden, neither old man, neither so much as him that stooped for age: But gave all into his hand.
Isaiah 13:16
Their children shall be slain before their eyes, their houses spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Ezekiel 9:5-6
And to the other, he said that I might hear, "Go ye after him through the city: slay, oversee none, spare none,
Ezekiel 9:10
Therefore will I upon them; mine eye shall not oversee them, neither will I spare them, but will recompense their wickedness upon their heads."
Hosea 13:16
As for Samaria, they shall be made waste. And why? They are disobedient unto their God. They shall perish with the sword, their children shall be slain, and their women great with child shall be ripped up.
Nahum 2:1
The scatterer shall come up against thee, and lay siege to the castle. Look thou well to the streets, make thy loins strong, arm thyself with all thy might:
Nahum 3:10
yet was she driven away, and brought into captivity: her young children were smitten down at the head of every street, the lots were cast for the most ancient men in her, and all her mighty men were bound in chains.