⌈To achieve clarity the translators have sometimes supplied words not in the original texts but required by the context. In a few instances, where some uncertainty about such material remained, it is enclosed in corner brackets.

Cross references

b Ge 19:38; Eze 21:28
c Ge 34:29; 2Ki 8:12; Hos 13:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of the Ammonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead,

that they might enlarge their border.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Ammon,

even for four, I will not relent.

Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead

in order to extend his borders,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites

for three crimes, even four,

because they ripped open

the pregnant women of Gilead

in order to enlarge their territory.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what the Lord says:

“The people of Ammon have sinned again and again,

and I will not let them go unpunished!

When they attacked Gilead to extend their borders,

they ripped open pregnant women with their swords.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Ammon and for four I will not revoke the punishment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory!

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus saith the Lord;

For three transgressions of the children of Ammon,

And for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;

Because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead,

That they might enlarge their border:

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