Lamentations 2:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 2:12 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 →
לְאִמֹּתָם֙
ʼêm
H517
mother
יֹֽאמְר֔וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אַיֵּ֖ה
ʼayêh
H346
where
דָּגָ֣ן
dâgân
H1715
wheat
וָיָ֑יִן
yayin
H3196
wine
בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם
ʻâṭaph
H5848
to faint
כֶּֽחָלָל֙
châlâl
H2491
slain
בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת
rᵉchôb
H7339
plaza
עִ֔יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ
shâphak
H8210
to pour
נַפְשָׁ֔ם
nephesh
H5315
soul
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
חֵ֖יק
chêyq
H2436
bosom
אִמֹּתָֽם
ʼêm
H517
mother
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World English Bible Public Domain
They tell their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom.
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King James Version Public Domain
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
To their mothers they say, “Where is grain and wine?” when they faint like the slain in the streets of the city, when their life is poured out in the lap of their mothers. MEM
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