Modern Translations New International VersionIn the street the sword will make them childless; in their homes terror will reign. The young men and young women will perish, the infants and those with gray hair. New Living Translation Outside, the sword will bring death, and inside, terror will strike both young men and young women, both infants and the aged. English Standard Version Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs. Berean Study Bible Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man. New American Standard Bible ‘Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror— Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair. NASB 1995 'Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair. NASB 1977 ‘Outside the sword shall bereave, And inside terror— Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair. Amplified Bible ‘Outside the sword will bereave, And inside [the chambers] terror— For both young man and virgin, For the nursing child and the man of gray hair. Christian Standard Bible Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the young woman will be killed, the infant and the gray-haired man. Holman Christian Standard Bible Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the young woman will be killed, the infant and the gray-haired man." Contemporary English Version Young and old alike will be killed in the streets and terrified at home. Good News Translation War will bring death in the streets; terrors will strike in the homes. Young men and young women will die; neither babies nor old people will be spared. GOD'S WORD® Translation Foreign wars will kill off their children, and even at home there will be horrors. Young men and young women alike will die as well as nursing babies and gray-haired men. International Standard Version Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man." NET Bible The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man. Classic Translations King James BibleThe sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. New King James Version The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs. King James 2000 Bible The sword outside, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the nursing child also with the man of gray hairs. New Heart English Bible Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, The nursing infant with the gray-haired man. World English Bible Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, The nursing infant with the gray-haired man. American King James Version The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. American Standard Version Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. A Faithful Version The sword outside, and the terror inside, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of grey hairs. Darby Bible Translation From without shall the sword bereave them, and in the chambers, terror -- Both the young man and the virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. English Revised Version Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. Webster's Bible Translation The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587The sworde shall kill them without, and in the chambers feare: both the yong man and the yong woman, the suckeling with the man of gray heare. Bishops' Bible of 1568 Withoutforth shall the sworde robbe them of their children, and within in the chamber feare: both young men & young women, and the suckelynges, with the men of gray heades. Coverdale Bible of 1535 Without shall the swearde robbe them, & feare in the chambers, both the yonge man and yonge woman, the suckynge children wt the gray headed man. Tyndale Bible of 1526 Without forth, the swerde shall robbe the off theire childern: and wythin in the chamber, feare: both younge men and younge wemen and the suckelynges with the me of gray heedes. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe sword destroys from outside, "" And out of the inner-chambers—terror, "" Both youth and virgin, "" Suckling with man of grey hair. Young's Literal Translation Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair. Smith's Literal Translation The sword shall bereave without, And terror from the chambers, Also the youth, also the virgin, The suckling, with the man of gray hair. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWithout, the sword shall lay them waste, and terror within, both the young man and the virgin, the sucking child with the man in years. Catholic Public Domain Version Outside, the sword will devastate them; and inside, there will be dread, as much for the young man as for the maiden, and as much for the newborn as for the old man. Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedOutside, the sword lays waste, and there is terror from the inner chamber, also the boys and virgin girls and young boys with old men. Lamsa Bible Outside the sword shall bereave, and terror in inner chambers shall destroy both the young men and the virgins, the suckling also with the men of gray hairs. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; Slaying both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. Brenton Septuagint Translation Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old.     |