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Lamentations 2:12

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.

KJV

Matribus suis dixerunt : Ubi est triticum et vinum ? cum deficerent quasi vulnerati in plateis civitatis, cum exhalarent animas suas in sinu matrum suarum.

Vulgate

Λάβδ. Ταῖς μητράσιν αὐτῶν εἶπαν Ποῦ σῖτος καὶ οἶνος; ἐν τῷ ἐκλύεσθαι αὐτοὺς ὡς τραυματίας ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως, ἐν τῷ ἐκχεῖσθαι ψυχὰς αὐτῶν εἰς κόλπον μητέρων αὐτῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

לְ/אִמֹּתָ/ם֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ אַיֵּ֖ה דָּגָ֣ן וָ/יָ֑יִן בְּ/הִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤/ם כֶּֽ/חָלָל֙ בִּ/רְחֹב֣וֹת עִ֔יר בְּ/הִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשָׁ֔/ם אֶל חֵ֖יק אִמֹּתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַיֵּ֖ה
'yh
pronoun · 47×
דָּגָן֙
dgn
noun · 38×
הַעֲטִ֥יף
h'typ
verb · 15×
הָ
h
noun · 43×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 1:18 — No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
  • Lam 1:11 — All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.