Verse List for MIC 1:16

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OET (OET-RV) Shave your head ⇔ ≈ and cut off your hair ⇔ for the children who you delight in. ⇔ Make yourselves as bald as eagles, ⇔ because they’ll be taken from you and into exile.

OET-LV Make _bald and_shave on the _children _of your(pl)_delights _of_your make _large baldness _of_your like_eagle if/because they _will _go _into _exile from_you.

ULT Make yourself bald and shave ⇔  for the sons of your delight. ⇔ Enlarge your baldness like the eagle, ⇔  for they have gone into exile from you.

UST You leaders of Israel, completely shave your heads in mourning ⇔  for the children whom you love. ⇔ Shave yourselves completely bald, like an eagle, ⇔  because your enemies will take your children far away from you into exile.

BSB & MSB Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair ⇔  in mourning for your precious children; ⇔ make yourselves as bald as an eagle, ⇔  for they will go from you into exile.

OEB Shave your head in mourning for the children you love, ⇔ until you are bald as vultures, because they have left you for exile.

WEBBE & WMBB Shave your heads, ⇔  and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. ⇔ Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, ⇔  for they have gone into captivity from you!

NET Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; ⇔ shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, ⇔ for they are taken from you into exile.

LSV Make bald and shave, for your delightful sons,
Enlarge your baldness as an eagle,
For they have removed from you!

FBV Shave your heads, for the children you love will be taken away; make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for they will be exiled far away from you.

T4T You people of Judah, shave your heads while you will be mourning, ⇔  because your children whom you love will soon be ◄exiled/forced to leave you and go to another country►.

LEB • Make yourselves bald
  • and cut off your hair
  • for the children of your pleasure.
• Expand your baldness as the eagle,
  • for they will go into exile away from you.

BBE Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners.

Moff Israel, shave your head and hair, ⇔ in mourning for your children dear, ⇔ shave it like a vulture’s, bare; ⇔ for they are lost to you.

JPS Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight; enlarge thy baldness as the vulture; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

ASV Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

DRA Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.

YLT Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!

Drby Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delights; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.

RV Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
(Make thee/you bald, and poll thee/you for the children of thy/your delight: enlarge thy/your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee/you.)

SLT Make bald, and shave for the sons of thy delights; increase thy baldness as the eagle; for they were carried away captive from thee.

Wbstr Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

KJB-1769 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
(Make thee/you bald, and poll thee/you for thy/your delicate children; enlarge thy/your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee/you.)

KJB-1611 Make thee bald, and polle thee for thy delicate children, enlarge thy baldnesse as the Eagle, for they are gone into captiuitie from thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Make thee baulde, and shaue thee because of thy tender children: make thee cleane baulde as an Egle, for they shalbe caried away captiue from thee.
(Make thee/you baulde, and shave thee/you because of thy/your tender children: make thee/you clean bald as an Eagle, for they shall be carried away captive from thee/you.)

Gnva Make thee balde: and shaue thee for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldenesse as the eagle, for they are gone into captiuity from thee.
(Make thee/you bald: and shave thee/you for thy/your delicate children: enlarge thy/your baldeness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee/you.)

Cvdl Make the balde, and shaue the, because of thy tender children: Make the cleane balde as an Aegle, for they shalbe caried awaye captyue from the.
(Make the balde, and shave them, because of thy/your tender children: Make the clean bald as an Eagle, for they shall be carried away captive from them.)

Wycl Be thou maad ballid, and be thou clippid on the sones of thi delices; alarge thi ballidnesse as an egle, for thei ben lad caitif fro thee.
(Be thou/you made ballid, and be thou/you clipped on the sons of thy/your delices; enlarge thy/your baldness as an eagle, for they been lad captive from thee/you.)

Luth Laß die Haare abscheren und gehe kahl über deine zarten Kinder! Mache dich gar kahl wie ein Adler; denn sie sind von dir gefangen weggeführet.
(Let the hair shear_off and go bald above your delicaten children! Make you/yourself even bald as/like a eagle(s); because/than they/she/them are from you/to_you(sg) caught led_away.)

ClVg Decalvare, et tondere super filios deliciarum tuarum; dilata calvitium tuum sicut aquila, quoniam captivi ducti sunt ex te.]
(Decalvare, and tondere over children deliciarum of_yours(pl); dilata baldness your(sg) like eagle, since/because captivi led are from you(sg).])

UHB קָרְחִ֣י וָ⁠גֹ֔זִּי עַל־בְּנֵ֖י תַּעֲנוּגָ֑יִ⁠ךְ הַרְחִ֤בִי קָרְחָתֵ⁠ךְ֙ כַּ⁠נֶּ֔שֶׁר כִּ֥י גָל֖וּ מִמֵּֽ⁠ךְ׃ס ‡

BrLXX Ξύρησαι, καὶ κεῖραι ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα τὰ τρυφερά σου, ἐμπλάτυνον τὴν χηρείαν σου ὡς ἀετὸς, ὅτι ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν ἀπὸ σοῦ.

BrTr Shave thine hair, and make thyself bald for thy delicate children; increase thy widowhood as an eagle; for thy people are gone into captivity from thee.