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Lamentations 4:10

The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJV

Manus mulierum misericordium coxerunt filios suos ; facti sunt cibus earum in contritione filiæ populi mei.

Vulgate

Ἰώδ. Χεῖρες γυναικῶν οἰκτειρμόνων ἥψησαν τὰ παιδία αὐτῶν, ἐγενήθησαν εἰς βρῶσιν αὐταῖς ἐν τῷ συντρίμματι τῆς θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου.

LXX

The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

ASV

יְדֵ֗י נָשִׁים֙ רַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹת בִּשְּׁל֖וּ יַלְדֵי/הֶ֑ן הָי֤וּ לְ/בָרוֹת֙ לָ֔/מוֹ בְּ/שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת עַמִּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶבְרֶ֖ה
'brh
verb · 7×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
רַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹת
rchmnyvt
adjective · 1×
שֶׁ֖בֶר
shbr
noun · 44×
תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל
tbshl
verb · 27×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 6:26 — And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
  • 2Kgs 6:28 — And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
  • Deut 28:53 — And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall d
  • Ezek 5:10 — Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the win
  • Ezek 5:10 — Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the win
  • Isa 49:15 — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
  • Isa 49:15 — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
  • Jer 19:9 — And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and th
  • Jer 19:9 — And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and th
  • Lam 2:20 — Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
  • Lam 2:20 — Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
  • Lam 3:48 — Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Lam 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
  • Lam 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
  • Lev 26:29 — And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
  • Lev 26:29 — And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
  • Luke 21:23 — But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
  • Mark 13:17 — But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
  • Matt 24:19 — And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!