Lamentations Chapter 2 verse 21 Holy Bible
The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, `and' not pitied.
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The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.
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The child and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, thou hast not spared.
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The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
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The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: You have killed them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered, [and] not pitied.
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Lain on the earth `in' out-places have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword, Thou hast slain in a day of Thine anger, Thou hast slaughtered -- Thou hast not pitied.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) The young and the old . . .--The thoughts of the mourner turn from the massacre in the sanctuary to the slaughter which did its dread work in every corner of the city.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBoth youngנַ֣עַר (na·‘ar)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainerand oldוְזָקֵ֔ן (wə·zā·qên)Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 2205: Oldlie togetherשָׁכְב֨וּ (šā·ḵə·ḇū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 7901: To lie downin the dustלָאָ֤רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landof the streets.חוּצוֹת֙ (ḥū·ṣō·wṯ)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoorsMy young menוּבַחוּרַ֖י (ū·ḇa·ḥū·ray)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularStrong's 970: Selected, a youthand maidensבְּתוּלֹתַ֥י (bə·ṯū·lō·ṯay)Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singularStrong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bridehave fallenנָפְל֣וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 5307: To fall, lieby the sword.בֶחָ֑רֶב (ḇe·ḥā·reḇ)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, swordYou have slain [them]הָרַ֙גְתָּ֙ (hā·raḡ·tā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 2026: To smite with deadly intentin the dayבְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3117: A dayof Your anger;אַפֶּ֔ךָ (’ap·pe·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ireYou have slaughtered [them]טָבַ֖חְתָּ (ṭā·ḇaḥ·tā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 2873: To slaughter, butcher, slaywithoutלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nocompassion.חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ (ḥā·mā·lə·tā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 2550: To commiserate, to spareJump to PreviousAnger Causing Child Death Dust Earth Fallen Ground Killed Lie Maidens Mercy Out-Places Pitied Pity Slain Slaughtered Slaughtering Spared Sparing Streets Stretched Sword Together Unsparingly Virgins Wrath Young Youth
