Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
King James Version
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Holman Bible
their houses will be looted,
and their wives raped.
International Standard Version
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, and their houses will be looted, and their wives slept with.
A Conservative Version
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
American Standard Version
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Amplified
Their children also will be smashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be looted
And their wives ravished.
Bible in Basic English
Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.
Darby Translation
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
Julia Smith Translation
And their children shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, and their houses shall be plundered, and their wives shall be ravished.
King James 2000
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And their children will be dashed into pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be raped.
Modern King James verseion
And their children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be robbed, and their wives raped.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their children shall be slain before their eyes, their houses spoiled, and their wives ravished.
NET Bible
Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
New Heart English Bible
Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
The Emphasized Bible
And, their infants, shall be dashed to the ground, before their eyes, - Plundered shall be, their houses, and their wives ravished.
Webster
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
World English Bible
Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
Youngs Literal Translation
And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.
Themes
Cities » Were frequently » Pillaged
Cruelty » Instances of » In war
Punishment » The lord punishing the world
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 13:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Babylon
15
All who are found will be pierced through. All who are captured will fall by the sword.
16
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
Cross References
Nahum 3:10
She went into captivity and was exiled. Her children were smashed to death at every street corner. Soldiers tossed dice for her important men, and all her best men were bound in chains.
Psalm 137:8-9
You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.
Hosea 10:14
Tumult will come to your people and all your fortresses will be destroyed. It will be like the day when King Shalman destroyed the city of Betharbel (house of Arbel) in battle and mothers and their children were crushed to death.
Isaiah 13:18
And their bows will mow down the young men. They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb. Nor will they have compassion on children.
Lamentations 5:11
They took by force the women in Zion, the virgins in the towns of Judah.
Zechariah 14:2
I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem! The city will be defeated. The houses will be plundered and the women raped! Half of the city will be taken into captivity. The remainder of the people will not be removed from the city.