⁵⁴The most refined and the very sensitive^h man among you shall be mean with his brotherⁱ and against his beloved wife^j and against the rest^k of his children that he has left over, ⁵⁵by refraining from giving^l to even one of them any of the meat of his children that he eats, because there is not anything that is left over for him during the siege and distress^m that your enemy inflicts upon you.

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Footnotes

hOr “kindly disposed”
iLiterally “shall be bad/evil his eye against his brother”
jLiterally “against the wife of his lap”
kOr “remainder”
lLiterally “from giving”
mLiterally “in the siege and distress”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The man who is the most tender and refined among you will begrudge food to his brother, to the wife he embraces, and to the last of the children whom he has left, so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The most sensitive and refined man among you will look grudgingly at his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children, refusing to share with any of them his children’s flesh that he will eat because he has nothing left during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you in all your towns.

NLTNew Living Translation

The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children. He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

KJV 1900King James Version

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

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