Lamentations 2:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.”

Lamentations 2:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 2:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 2:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied.”

Lamentations 2:21 — World English Bible

Lamentations 2:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied.”

Lamentations 2:21 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 2:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Lain on the earth <FI>in<Fi> out-places have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword, Thou hast slain in a day of Thine anger, Thou hast slaughtered--Thou hast not pitied.”

Lamentations 2:21 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 2:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The child and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, thou hast not spared.”

Lamentations 2:21 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 2:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The yong and the olde lie on the ground in the streetes: my virgins and my yong men are fallen by the sworde: thou hast slaine them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed and not spared.”

Lamentations 2:21 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 2:21 in Context — Lamentations 2

19 Levántate, da voces en la noche, en el principio de las velas; derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; alza tus manos á él por la vida de tus pequeñitos, que desfallecen de hambre en las entradas de todas las calles.

20 Mira, oh Jehová, y considera á quién has hecho así. ¿Han de comer las mujeres su fruto, los pequeñitos de sus crías? ¿Han de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote y el profeta?

21 Niños y viejos yacían por tierra en las calles; mis vírgenes y mis mancebos cayeron á cuchillo: mataste en el día de tu furor, degollaste, no perdonaste.

22 Has llamado, como á día de solemnidad, mis temores de todas partes; y en el día del furor de Jehová no hubo quien escapase ni quedase vivo: los que crié y mantuve, mi enemigo los acabó.

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What Does Lamentations 2:21 Mean?

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