Isaiah 13:16
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. | Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. | Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and children their | וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם | ve-'o-le-lei-HEM | H5768 | infantעוֹלֵל (o.lel) child, boy |
| they will be dashed in pieces | יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ | ye-ru-te-SHU | H7376 | to dash in piecesרָטַשׁ (ra.tash) 1) to dash to pieces 1a) (Piel) to dash in pieces 1b) (Pual) to be dashed in pieces |
| to eyes their | לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם | le-'ei-nei-HEM | H5869A | eyeעַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) |
| they will be plundered | יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙ | yi-SHA-su | H8155 | to spoilשָׁאַס (sha.as) 1) to plunder, spoil 1a) (Qal) ones plundering (participle) |
| houses their | בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם | ba-tei-HEM | H1004B | to lodgeבִּית (but) (P'al) to pass the night, lodge Aramaic of ba.yit (בַּ֫יִת ": home" H1004B) |
| and wives their | וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם | u-ne-shei-HEM | H0802H | womanאִשָּׁה (ish.shah) : woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun) |
| they will be lain with | תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה׃ | ti-sha-khab-nah | H7901I | to lie down: lay downשָׁכַב (sha.khav) : lay_down/lie_with 1) to lie down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie, lie down, lie on 1a2) to lodge 1a3) to lie (of sexual relations) 1a4) to lie down (in death) 1a5) to rest, relax (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually) 1c) (Pual) to be lain with (sexually) 1d) (Hiphil) to make to lie down 1e) (Hophal) to be laid |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.