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4:3 Variant note: תנין: (x-qere) ’תַּנִּים֙’: lemma_8568 n_1.1.0 morph_HNcbpa id_255on תַּנִּים֙

4:3 Variant note: כי ענים: (x-qere) ’כַּ/יְעֵנִ֖ים’: lemma_k/3283 n_0.0 morph_HRd/Ncmpa id_25Zzg כַּ/יְעֵנִ֖ים

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX ΓΙΜΕΛ. Καί γε δράκοντες ἐξέδυσαν μαστοὺς, ἐθήλασαν σκύμνοι αὐτῶν θυγατέρας λαοῦ μου εἰς ἀνίατον, ὡς στρουθίον ἐν ἐρήμῳ.
(GIMEL. Kai ge drakontes exedusan mastous, ethaʸlasan skumnoi autōn thugateras laou mou eis aniaton, hōs strouthion en eraʸmōi. )

BrTr Gimel. Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, they give suck to their young, the daughters of my people are incurably cruel, as an ostrich in a desert.

ULT Even the jackals offer the breast; they nurse their cubs.
⇔ The daughter of my people are fierce like the ostriches in the wilderness.

UST Even the female jackals feed their pups,
⇔ but my people act cruelly toward their own children;
⇔ the mothers are like ostriches in the desert that abandon their eggs.

BSB ⇔ Even jackals [fn] offer their breasts
⇔ to nurse their young,
⇔ but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
⇔ like an ostrich in the wilderness.

OEB Even the monsters give breast
⇔ And they suckle their young;
⇔ But the daughters of my people are cruel
⇔ As ostriches wild.

WEBBE ⇔ Even the jackals offer their breast.
⇔ They nurse their young ones.
⇔ But the daughter of my people has become cruel,
⇔ like the ostriches in the wilderness.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Even the jackals nurse their young
⇔ at their breast,
⇔ but my people are cruel,
⇔ like ostriches in the desert.

LSV Even dragons have drawn out the breast,
They have suckled their young ones,
The daughter of my people has become cruel,
Like the ostriches in a wilderness.

FBV Even jackals nurse their young at their breasts, but the women of my people have become cruel, like an ostrich[fn] in the desert.

4:3 Ostriches were proverbially seen as cruel because they leave their young to fend for themselves. See Job 39:14-18.

T4T ⇔ Even the female jackals/wolves feed their pups,
⇔ but my people act cruelly toward their children;
⇔ they are like [SIM] ostriches in the desert that abandon their eggs.

LEB • and nurses their cubs; • but the daughter of my people has become ruthless, • like ostriches in the wilderness.

BBE Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.

Moff No Moff LAM book available

JPS Even the jackals 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.

ASV Even the jackals 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.

DRA Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.

YLT Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.

Drby Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

RV Even the jackals 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.

Wbstr Even the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

4.3 sea…: or, sea calves

KJB-1611 [fn]Euen the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they giue sucke to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruell, like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
(Even the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruell, like the ostriches in the wilderness.)

4:3 Or, sea calues.

Bshps The dragons geue their young ones sucke with bare brestes: but the daughter of my people is cruel, like the Estriches in the wildernesse.
(The dragons give their young ones suck with bare brestes: but the daughter of my people is cruel, like the Estriches in the wilderness.)

Gnva Euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
(Even the dragons draw out the breastes, and give suck to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wilderness. )

Cvdl The Lamyes geue their yonge ones suck wt bare brestes: but the doughter of my people is cruel, and dwelleth in the wyldernesse: like the Estriches.
(The Lamyes give their young ones suck with bare brestes: but the daughter of my people is cruel, and dwells in the wilderness: like the Estriches.)

Wycl Gimel. But also lamyes maden nakid her tetis, yauen mylk to her whelpis; the douyter of my puple is cruel, as an ostrig in desert.
(Gimel. But also lamyes maden nakid her tetis, gave mylk to her whelpis; the daughter of my people is cruel, as an ostrig in desert.)

Luth Die Drachen reichen die Brüste ihren Jungen und säugen sie; aber die Tochter meines Volks muß unbarmherzig sein, wie ein Strauß in der Wüste.
(The dragons reichen the Brüste your Yungen and säugen sie; but the Tochter my peoples must unbarmherzig sein, like a Strauß in the/of_the desert.)

ClVg Ghimel Sed et lamiæ nudaverunt mammam, lactaverunt catulos suos: filia populi mei crudelis quasi struthio in deserto.
(Ghimel But and lamiæ nudaverunt mammam, lactaverunt catulos suos: daughter of_the_people my/mine crudelis as_if struthio in deserto. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Because of the lack of food in the city, the people of Jerusalem do not give their children all they need.

(Occurrence 0) the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs