Genesis 21:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 21:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַתֵּלֶךְ֩
yâlak
H3212
to walk
וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
לָ֜הּ
מִנֶּ֗גֶד
neged
H5048
before
הַרְחֵק֙
râchaq
H7368
to be far
כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י
ṭâchâh
H2909
to shoot
קֶ֔שֶׁת
qesheth
H7198
bow
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אָֽמְרָ֔ה
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
אֶרְאֶ֖ה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
בְּמ֣וֹת
mâveth
H4194
death
הַיָּ֑לֶד
yeled
H3206
child
וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
מִנֶּ֔גֶד
neged
H5048
before
וַתִּשָּׂ֥א
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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קֹלָ֖הּ
qôwl
H6963
voice
וַתֵּֽבְךְּ
bâkâh
H1058
to weep
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World English Bible Public Domain
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
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King James Version Public Domain
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and she went and sat down by herself at a distance, as far away as they shoot a bow, because she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the child!” And she sat at a distance, then she lifted her voice and sobbed.
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