Lamentations 2:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.”
Lamentations 2:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 2:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 2:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They ask their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.”
Lamentations 2:12 — World English Bible
Lamentations 2:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.”
Lamentations 2:12 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 2:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“To their mothers they say, `Where <FI>are<Fi> corn and wine?' In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In the broad places of the city, In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers.”
Lamentations 2:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 2:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul into their mothers' bosom.”
Lamentations 2:12 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 2:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They haue sayd to their mothers, Where is bread and drinke? when they swooned as the wounded in the streetes of the citie, and whe they gaue vp the ghost in their mothers bosome.”
Lamentations 2:12 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 2:12 in Context — Lamentations 2
10 Sentáronse en tierra, callaron los ancianos de la hija de Sión; echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas, ciñéronse de saco; las vírgenes de Jerusalem bajaron sus cabezas á tierra.
11 Mis ojos desfallecieron de lágrimas, rugieron mis entrañas, mi hígado se derramó por tierra por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo, cuando desfallecía el niño y el que mamaba, en las plazas de la ciudad.
12 Decían á sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo y el vino? Desfallecían como heridos en las calles de la ciudad, derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.
13 ¿Qué testigo te traeré, ó á quién te haré semejante, hija de Jerusalem? ¿A quién te compararé para consolarte, oh virgen hija de Sión? Porque grande es tu quebrantamiento como la mar: ¿quién te medicinará?
14 Tus profetas vieron para ti vanidad y locura; y no descubrieron tu pecado para estorbar tu cautiverio, sino que te predicaron vanas profecías y extravíos.
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What Does Lamentations 2:12 Mean?
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