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Lamentations 2:12

NETBible	ל (Lamed) Children¹ say to their mothers,² “Where are food and drink?”³ They faint⁴ like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly⁵ in their mothers’ arms.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Lam 2:12	They say to their mothers, "Where is bread and wine?" as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away in their mothers’ arms.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:12	They say to their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?" As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers’ bosom.
NLT © biblegateway Lam 2:12	"Mama, we want food," they cry, and then collapse in their mothers’ arms. Their lives ebb away like the life of a warrior wounded in battle.
MSG © biblegateway Lam 2:12	Calling to their mothers, "I'm hungry! I'm thirsty!" then fainting like dying soldiers in the streets, breathing their last in their mothers' laps.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 2:12	They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother’s breast.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 2:12	They cry to their mothers, "Where is bread and wine?" as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out on their mothers’ bosom.
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 2:12	They say to their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?" As they swoon like the wounded In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out In their mothers’ bosom.
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KJV	They say <0559> (8799) to their mothers <0517>_, Where [is] corn <01715> and wine <03196>_? when they swooned <05848> (8692) as the wounded <02491> in the streets <07339> of the city <05892>_, when their soul <05315> was poured out <08210> (8692) into their mothers <0517>_' bosom <02436>_.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:12	They say <0559> to their mothers <0517> , "Where <0346> is grain <01715> and wine <03196> ?" As they faint <05848> like a wounded <02491> man <02491> In the streets <07339> of the city <05892> , As their life <05315> is poured <08210> out On their mothers' <0517> bosom <02436> .
LXXM	taiv <3588> T-DPF mhtrasin <3384> N-DPF autwn <846> D-GPM eipan {V-AAI-3P} pou <4225> ADV sitov <4621> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ oinov <3631> N-NSM en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN ekluesyai <1590> V-PMN autouv <846> D-APM wv <3739> CONJ traumatiav {N-NSM} en <1722> PREP plateiaiv <4116> A-DPF polewv <4172> N-GSF en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN ekceisyai <1632> V-PMN qucav <5590> N-APF autwn <846> D-GPM eiv <1519> PREP kolpon <2859> N-ASM mhterwn <3384> N-GPF autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	ל(Lamed) Children say <0559> to their mothers <0517> , “Where <0346> are food <01715> and drink <03196> ?” They faint <05848> like a wounded <02491> warrior in the city <05892> squares <07339> . They die slowly in <0413> their mothers <0517> ’ arms <02436> .
HEBREW	o Mtma <0517> qyx <02436> la <0413> Mspn <05315> Kptshb <08210> rye <05892> twbxrb <07339> llxk <02491> Mpjethb <05848> Nyyw <03196> Ngd <01715> hya <0346> wrmay <0559> Mtmal (2:12) <0517>

NETBible

ל (Lamed) Children¹ say to their mothers,² “Where are food and drink?”³ They faint⁴ like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly⁵ in their mothers’ arms.⁶

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “they”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “to their mother,” understood as a collective singular.

³tn Heb “Where is bread and wine?” The terms “bread” and “wine” are synecdoches of specific (= bread, wine) for general (= food, drink).

⁴tn Heb “as they faint” or “when they faint.”

⁵tn Heb “as their life is poured out.” The term בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּךְ (bÿhishtappekh), Hitpael infinitive construct + the preposition בּ (bet), from שָׁפַךְ (shafakh, “to pour out”) may be rendered “as they expire” (BDB 1050 s.v. שָׁפַךְ), referring to the process of dying. Note the repetition of the word “pour out” with various direct objects in this poem at 2:4, 11, 12, and 19.

⁶tn Heb “chest, lap.”