American Standard Version
"Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroyboth young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. "
— Deuteronomy 32:25, American Standard Version
“The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.”
“Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, The nursing infant with the gray-haired man.”
“The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.”
“Without, the sword shall lay them waste, and terror within, both the young man and the virgin, the sucking child with the man in years.”
“Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.”
“The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.”
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
They shall bewasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroyboth young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.