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Matthew 2:18

NETBible	“*A voice was heard in Ramah,* *weeping and loud wailing,¹ Rachel weeping for her children,* *and she did not want to be comforted, because they were² gone*.”³
NIV © biblegateway Mat 2:18	"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."
NASB © biblegateway Mat 2:18	"A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE."
NLT © biblegateway Mat 2:18	"A cry of anguish is heard in Ramah––weeping and mourning unrestrained. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted––for they are dead."
MSG © biblegateway Mat 2:18	A sound was heard in Ramah, weeping and much lament. Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace, Her children gone, dead and buried.
BBE © SABDAweb Mat 2:18	In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.
NRSV © bibleoremus Mat 2:18	"A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more."
NKJV © biblegateway Mat 2:18	"A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more."
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KJV	In <1722> Rama <4471> was there <191> (0) a voice <5456> heard <191> (5681)_, lamentation <2355>_, and <2532> weeping <2805>_, and <2532> great <4183> mourning <3602>_, Rachel <4478> weeping <2799> (5723) [for] her <846> children <5043>_, and <2532> would <2309> (5707) not <3756> be comforted <3870> (5683)_, because <3754> they are <1526> (5748) not <3756>_.
NASB © biblegateway Mat 2:18	"A VOICE <5456> WAS HEARD <191> IN RAMAH <4471> , WEEPING <2805> AND GREAT <4183> MOURNING <3602> , RACHEL <4478> WEEPING <2805> FOR HER CHILDREN <5043> ; AND SHE REFUSED <3756> <2309> TO BE COMFORTED <3870> , BECAUSE <3754> THEY WERE NO <3756> MORE."
NET [draft] ITL	“A voice <5456> was heard <191> in <1722> Ramah <4471> , weeping <2805> and <2532> loud <4183> wailing <3602> , Rachel <4478> weeping <2799> for her <846> children <5043> , and <2532> she <2309> did not <3756> want <2309> to be comforted <3870> , because <3754> they were gone <3756> <1510> .”
GREEK	fwnh en rama hkousyh kai odurmov poluv rachl klaiousa tekna authv kai ouk hyelen ouk eisin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3P

NETBible

“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing,¹ Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were² gone.”³

NET Notes

¹tc The LXX of Jer 38:15 (31:15 ET) has “lamentation, weeping, and loud wailing”; most later mss (C D L W 0233 Ë¹³ 33 Ï) have a quotation in Matthew which conforms to that of the LXX (θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμός καὶ ὀδυρμός; qrhno" kai klauqmo" kai odurmo"). But such assimilations were routine among the scribes; as such, they typically should be discounted because they are both predictable and motivated. The shorter reading, without “lamentation and,” is thus to be preferred, especially since it cannot easily be accounted for unless it is the original wording here. Further, it is found in the better mss along with a good cross-section of other witnesses (א B Z 0250 Ë¹ pc lat co).

²tn Grk “are”; the Greek text uses a present tense verb.

³sn A quotation from Jer 31:15.