Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Outside the sword will bereave,
And inside terror—
Both young man and virgin,
The nursling with the man of gray hair.

King James Version

The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Holman Bible

Outside, the sword will take their children,
and inside, there will be terror;
the young man and the young woman will be killed,
the infant and the gray-haired man.

International Standard Version

Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man."

A Conservative Version

Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers terror, [to] both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs.

American Standard Version

Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

Amplified


‘Outside the sword will bereave,
And inside [the chambers] terror—
For both young man and virgin,
For the nursing child and the man of gray hair.

Bible in Basic English

Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.

Darby Translation

From without shall the sword bereave them, and in the chambers, terror Both the young man and the virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

Julia Smith Translation

The sword shall bereave without, And terror from the chambers, Also the youth, also the virgin, The suckling, with the man of gray hair.

King James 2000

The sword outside, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the nursing child also with the man of gray hairs.

Lexham Expanded Bible

From outside [her boundaries] the sword will make [her] childless, and from inside, terror; both [for] [the] young man [and] also the young woman, the infant [along with] the gray-headed man.

Modern King James verseion

The sword outside, and the terror inside, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of grey hairs.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Without forth, the sword shall rob them of their children; and within in the chamber, fear: both young men and young women, and the sucklings with the men of gray heads.

NET Bible

The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.

New Heart English Bible

Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, The nursing infant with the gray-haired man.

The Emphasized Bible

Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror, - To both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs.

Webster

The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

World English Bible

Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, The nursing infant with the gray-haired man.

Youngs Literal Translation

Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

חץ חוּץ 
Chuwts 
Usage: 164

and terror
אמה אימה 
'eymah 
Usage: 17

שׁכל 
Shakol 
Usage: 23

both the young man
בּחר בּחוּר 
Bachuwr 
Usage: 46

and the virgin
בּתוּלה 
B@thuwlah 
Usage: 50

the suckling
ינק 
Yanaq 
Usage: 31

also with the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

A Word Of Judgment

24 They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague and bitter destruction. I will send teeth of wild animals on them, with the venom of crawling things (reptiles) of the dust. 25 Outside the sword will bereave,
And inside terror—
Both young man and virgin,
The nursling with the man of gray hair.
26 I would have said: 'I will cut them to pieces. I will remove the memory of them from men.'

Cross References

Ezekiel 7:15

Outside are swords and inside are plagues and famines. He who is in a field will die in battle. He who is in the city will be devoured by famines and plagues.

Lamentations 1:20

See, O Jehovah, I am in trouble. The inmost parts of my body are deeply moved. My heart is turned in me for I have been rebellious. Outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

Leviticus 26:36-37

I will fill those who are left in the land of their enemies with despair. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them.

2 Chronicles 36:17

So he had the Babylonian king attack them and execute their best young men in their holy temple. He did not spare the best men or the unmarried women, the old people or the sick people. God handed all of them over to him.

Isaiah 30:16

You have said: No, we will flee on horses. So you flee. You added: We will ride on fast horses. So those who chase you will also be fast.

Jeremiah 9:21

Death has come through our windows and entered our palaces. Death has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the market places.

Lamentations 2:19-22

Rise up! Cry out in the night at the beginning of the night watches. Let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down starving in every street.

Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink. The young children cry out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

2 Corinthians 7:5

When we came to Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side, fighting on the outside and fears on the inside.

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