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Lamentations 2:4

NETBible	ד (Dalet) He prepared his bow¹ like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot.² Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men;³ he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent⁴ of Daughter Zion.
NIV © biblegateway Lam 2:4	Like an enemy he has strung his bow; his right hand is ready. Like a foe he has slain all who were pleasing to the eye; he has poured out his wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:4	He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.
NLT © biblegateway Lam 2:4	He bends his bow against his people as though he were their enemy. His strength is used against them to kill their finest youth. His fury is poured out like fire on beautiful Jerusalem.
MSG © biblegateway Lam 2:4	Like an enemy, he aimed his bow, bared his sword, and killed our young men, our pride and joy. His anger, like fire, burned down the homes in Zion.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 2:4	His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 2:4	He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; he has killed all in whom we took pride in the tent of daughter Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 2:4	Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow; With His right hand, like an adversary, He has slain all who were pleasing to His eye; On the tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out His fury like fire.
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KJV	He hath bent <01869> (8804) his bow <07198> like an enemy <0341> (8802)_: he stood <05324> (8737) with his right hand <03225> as an adversary <06862>_, and slew <02026> (8799) all [that were] pleasant <04261> to the eye <05869> in the tabernacle <0168> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>_: he poured out <08210> (8804) his fury <02534> like fire <0784>_. {all...: Heb. all the desirable of the eye}
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:4	He has bent <01869> His bow <07198> like an enemy <0340> ; He has set <05324> His right <03225> hand <03225> like an adversary <06862> And slain <02026> all <03605> that were pleasant <04261> to the eye <05869> ; In the tent <0168> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> He has poured <08210> out His wrath <02534> like fire <0784> .
LXXM	eneteinen {V-AAI-3S} toxon <5115> N-ASN autou <846> D-GSM wv <3739> CONJ ecyrov <2190> A-NSM esterewsen <4732> V-AAI-3S dexian <1188> A-ASF autou <846> D-GSM wv <3739> CONJ upenantiov {A-NSM} kai <2532> CONJ apekteinen <615> V-AAI-3S panta <3956> A-APN ta <3588> T-APN epiyumhmata {N-APN} ofyalmwn <3788> N-GPM mou <1473> P-GS en <1722> PREP skhnh <4633> N-DSF yugatrov <2364> N-GSF siwn <4622> N-PRI execeen <1632> V-IAI-3S wv <3739> CONJ pur <4442> N-ASN ton <3588> T-ASM yumon <2372> N-ASM autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	ד(Dalet) He prepared <01869> his bow <07198> like an enemy <0341> ; his right hand <03225> was ready to shoot <05324> . Like a foe <06862> he killed <02026> everyone <03605> , even our strong young men <05869> <04261> ; he has poured out <08210> his anger <02534> like fire <0784> on the tent <0168> of Daughter <01323> Zion <06726> .
HEBREW	o wtmx <02534> sak <0784> Kps <08210> Nwyu <06726> tb <01323> lhab <0168> Nye <05869> ydmxm <04261> lk <03605> grhyw <02026> ruk <06862> wnymy <03225> bun <05324> bywak <0341> wtsq <07198> Krd (2:4) <01869>

NETBible

ד (Dalet) He prepared his bow¹ like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot.² Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men;³ he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent⁴ of Daughter Zion.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “bent His bow.” When the verb דָּרַךְ (darakh) is used with the noun קֶשֶׁת (qeshet, “archer-bow”), it means “to bend [a bow]” to string it in preparation for shooting arrows (1 Chr 5:18; 8:40; 2 Chr 14:7; Jer 50:14, 29; 51:3). This idiom is used figuratively to describe the assaults of the wicked (Pss 11:2; 37:14) and the judgments of the Lord (Ps 7:13; Lam 2:4; 3:12) (BDB 202 s.v. דָּרַךְ 4). The translation “he prepared his bow” is the slightly more general modern English idiomatic equivalent of the ancient Hebrew idiom “he bent his bow” – both refer to preparations to get ready to shoot arrows.

²tn Heb “His right hand is stationed.”

³tn Heb “the ones who were pleasing to the eye.”

⁴tn The singular noun אֹהֶל (’ohel, “tent”) may function as a collective, referring to all tents in Judah. A parallel expression occurs in verse 2 using the plural: “all the dwellings of Jacob” (כָּל־נְאוֹת יַעֲקֹב, kol-nÿ’ot ya’aqov). The singular “tent” matches the image of “Daughter Zion.” On the other hand, the singular “the tent of Daughter Zion” might be a hyperbolic synecdoche of container (= tent) for contents (= inhabitants of Zion).