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Isaiah 13:18

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13:18Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons;37

they have no compassion on a person’s offspring,38

they will not39 look with pity on children.

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Footnotes

  1. 37 Heb “and bows cut to bits young men.” “Bows” stands by metonymy for arrows.
  2. 38 Heb “the fruit of the womb.”
  3. 39 Heb “their eye does not.” Here “eye” is a metonymy for the whole person.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Their bows will slaughter the young men;

they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;

their eyes will not pity children.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Their bows will strike down the young men;

they will have no mercy on infants,

nor will they look with compassion on children.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Their bows will cut young men to pieces.

They will have no compassion on offspring;

they will not look with pity on children.

NLTNew Living Translation

The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.

They will have no mercy on helpless babies

and will show no compassion for children.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And their bows will shatter young men.

And they will not show mercy on the fruit of the womb;

their eyes will not look compassionately on children.

KJV 1900King James Version

Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces;

And they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;

Their eye shall not spare children.