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Lamentations 2:21

NETBible	ש (Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women¹ and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry;² you slaughtered them without mercy.³
NIV © biblegateway Lam 2:21	"Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:21	On the ground in the streets Lie young and old; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered, not sparing.
NLT © biblegateway Lam 2:21	"See them lying in the streets––young and old, boys and girls, killed by the swords of the enemy. You have killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without mercy.
MSG © biblegateway Lam 2:21	"Boys and old men lie in the gutters of the streets, my young men and women killed in their prime. Angry, you killed them in cold blood, cut them down without mercy.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 2:21	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 2:21	The young and the old are lying on the ground in the streets; my young women and my young men have fallen by the sword; in the day of your anger you have killed them, slaughtering without mercy.
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 2:21	"Young and old lie On the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered and not pitied.
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KJV	The young <05288> and the old <02205> lie <07901> (8804) on the ground <0776> in the streets <02351>_: my virgins <01330> and my young men <0970> are fallen <05307> (8804) by the sword <02719>_; thou hast slain <02026> (8804) [them] in the day <03117> of thine anger <0639>_; thou hast killed <02873> (8804)_, [and] not pitied <02550> (8804)_.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:21	On the ground <0776> in the streets <02351> Lie <07901> young <05288> and old <02205> ; My virgins <01330> and my young <0970> men <0970> Have fallen <05307> by the sword <02719> . You have slain <02026> them in the day <03117> of Your anger <0639> , You have slaughtered <02873> , not sparing <02550> .
LXXM	ekoimhyhsan <2837> V-API-3P eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF exodon <1841> N-ASF paidarion <3808> N-NSN kai <2532> CONJ presbuthv <4246> N-NSM paryenoi <3933> N-NPF mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ neaniskoi <3495> N-NPM mou <1473> P-GS eporeuyhsan <4198> V-API-3P en <1722> PREP aicmalwsia <161> N-DSF en <1722> PREP romfaia {N-DSF} kai <2532> CONJ en <1722> PREP limw <3042> N-DSM apekteinav <615> V-AAI-2S en <1722> PREP hmera <2250> N-DSF orghv <3709> N-GSF sou <4771> P-GS emageireusav {V-AAI-2S} ouk <3364> ADV efeisw <5339> V-AMI-2S
NET [draft] ITL	ש(Sin/Shin) The young boys and <05288> old men lie <02205> dead on <07901> the ground in <0776> the streets. My <02351> young women and <01330> my young men have <0970> fallen by <05307> the sword. You <02719> killed them <02026> when you <03117> were angry; you <0639> slaughtered them <02873> without mercy <03808> <02550> .
HEBREW	o tlmx <02550> al <03808> txbj <02873> Kpa <0639> Mwyb <03117> tgrh <02026> brxb <02719> wlpn <05307> yrwxbw <0970> ytlwtb <01330> Nqzw <02205> ren <05288> twuwx <02351> Ural <0776> wbks (2:21) <07901>

NETBible

ש (Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women¹ and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry;² you slaughtered them without mercy.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “virgins.” The term “virgin” probably functions as a metonymy of association for single young women.

²tn Heb “in the day of your anger.” The construction בָּיוֹם (bayom, “in the day of…”) is a common Hebrew idiom, meaning “when…” (e.g., Gen 2:4; Lev 7:35; Num 3:1; Deut 4:15; 2 Sam 22:1; Pss 18:1; 138:3; Zech 8:9). This temporal idiom refers to a general time period, but uses the term “day” as a forceful rhetorical device to emphasize the vividness and drama of the event, depicting it as occurring within a single day. In the ancient Near East, military minded kings often referred to a successful campaign as “the day of X” in order to portray themselves as powerful conquerors who, as it were, could inaugurate and complete a victory military campaign within the span of one day.

³tc The MT reads לֹא חָמָלְתָּ (lo’ khamalta, “You showed no mercy”). However, many medieval Hebrew mss and most of the ancient versions (Aramaic Targum, Syriac Peshitta and Latin Vulgate) read וְלֹא חָמָלְתָּ (vÿlo’ khamalta, “and You showed no mercy”).