Genesis 21:16

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Bible in Basic English ☆

And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.

Darby Translation ☆

and she went and sat down over against [him], a bow-shot off; for she said, Let me not behold the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lifted up her voice and wept.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then she went and sate her ouer against him a farre off about a bowe shoote: for she said, I will not see the death of the child. and she sate downe ouer against him, and lift vp her voyce and wept.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And she went, and seated herself down at some distance, a good way off, about a bow-shot; for she said, I cannot look on when the child dieth; so she sat at a distance, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: 'Let me not look upon the death of the child.' And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

King James Version ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I can’t see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I can’t see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Webster Bible ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and raised her voice, and wept.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

and went a short distance away and sat down and said, ‘Let me not see the death of the child.’ So she sat there and wept.

Open English Bible (US) ☆

and went a short distance away and sat down and said, “Let me not see the death of the child.” So she sat there and wept.

Revised Version ☆

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And (she) went and sat over against, as far off as a bow flight: for she said, I cannot see the death of the child. And she sat over against, and lifted up her voice and wept.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bowshot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.

World English Bible ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

World English Bible Classic ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

World English Bible Updated ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

World Messianic Bible ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

and sche yede awei, and sche sat euene ayens as fer as a bowe may caste; for sche seide, Y schal not se the child diynge; and sche sat ayens, and reiside hir vois, and wepte.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And she went off, and sat down about a bowshot away: for she thought, Let me not see the mot hayeled. And she sat there nearby, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَمَضَتْ وَجَلَسَتْ مُقَابِلَهُ بَعِيدًا نَحْوَ رَمْيَةِ قَوْسٍ، لِأَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: «لَا أَنْظُرُ مَوْتَ ٱلْوَلَدِ». فَجَلَسَتْ مُقَابِلَهُ وَرَفَعَتْ صَوْتَهَا وَبَكَتْ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ကိုက်​တစ်​ရာ​ခန့်​အ​ကွာ​သို့​သွား​၍​ထိုင်​၏။ သူ က``သူ​ငယ်​ရေ​ငတ်​၍​သေ​သည်​ကို​ငါ​မ​မြင်​လို'' ဟု​ဆို​၏။ ထို​အ​ခါ​သူ​မ​သည်​ကျယ်​လောင်​စွာ ငို​လေ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ငါသည်သူငယ်သေ သည်ကို မ မြင် လိုဟုဆို လျက် ၊ ခပ်ဝေးဝေး လေး တ ပစ်ခန့် လောက် သွားပြီးလျှင်၊ သူ ငယ်ရှေ့ မှာ ထိုင် ၍ နေလေ၏။ ထို သို့ထိုင် ၍ နေစဉ် သူ သည်အသံ ကို လွှင့် ၍ ငိုကြွေး လေ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To pacoengah kadueh nawkta to hnuk han ka koeh ai, tiah a thuih pongah caeh moe, nawkta hoi kangthla kue pala kahhaih setto kangthla ahmuen maeto ah anghnut pacoengah, tha hoi a qah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Camoe kah dueknah te ka hmuh boel mai eh a ti dongah Cet tih li thikat kah tluk a lakhla la amah te ngol. Tedae a yoei la koep ngol tih a ol a huel doeah rhap.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Camoe kah dueknah te ka hmuh boel mai eh a ti dongah Cet tih li thikat kah tluk a lakhla la amah te ngol. Tedae a yoei la koep ngol tih a ol a huel doeah rhap.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

自己走开约有一箭之远，相对而坐，说：「我不忍见孩子死」，就相对而坐，放声大哭。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

自己走開約有一箭之遠，相對而坐，說：「我不忍見孩子死」，就相對而坐，放聲大哭。

World Chinese Bible ☆

她走开，在对面坐下，相隔有一段距离，大约一箭之远；因为她说：“不要让我看见孩子死。”她坐在对面，放声大哭。

Croatian Bible ☆

a sama ode i sjede nasuprot, daleko koliko luk može dobaciti. Govorila je u sebi: “Neću da vidim kako dijete umire.” Sjedeći tako, udari u jecanje.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A odšedši, sedla naproti tak daleko, jako by mohl z lučiště dostřeliti; nebo pravila: Nebudu se dívati na smrt dítěte. Seděla tedy naproti, a pozdvihši hlasu svého, plakala.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

og gik hen og satte sig i omtrent et Pileskuds Afstand derfra, idet hun sagde ved sig selv: “Jeg kan ikke udholde at se Drengen dø!” Og således sad hun, medens Drengen græd højt.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En zij ging en zette zich tegenover, afgaande zo verre, als die met den boog schieten; want zij zeide: Dat ik het kind niet zie sterven; en zij zat tegenover, en hief haar stem op, en weende.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Zelf ging zij op een boogschot afstand daar tegenover zitten; want ze zei: Ik kan het kind niet zien sterven. En terwijl ze zo tegenover hem zat, begon ze hardop te snikken.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj ŝi iris kaj sidiĝis kontraŭe, en la malproksimeco de pafo el pafarko; ĉar ŝi diris: Mi ne povas rigardi la morton de la infano. Kaj ŝi sidiĝis kontraŭe, kaj ŝi komencis laŭte plori.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

et s’en alla et s’assit vis-à-vis, à une portée d’arc ; car elle disait : Que je ne voie pas mourir l’enfant. Et elle s’assit vis-à-vis, et elle éleva sa voix et pleura.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et elle s'en alla, et s'assit vis-à-vis, environ à la distance d'une portée d'arc; car elle dit: Que je ne voie pas mourir l'enfant. Et elle s'assit vis-à-vis, éleva la voix, et pleura.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

et alla s’asseoir vis-à-vis, à une portée d’arc; car elle disait: Que je ne voie pas mourir mon enfant! Elle s’assit donc vis-à-vis de lui, éleva la voix et pleura.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Elle alla s'asseoir vis-à-vis de lui, à une bonne distance, à environ une portée d'arc. Car elle disait : « Que je ne voie pas mourir l'enfant. » Elle s'assit vis-à-vis de lui, éleva la voix et pleura.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

und sie ging hin und setzte sich gegenüber, einen Bogenschuß weit, denn sie sprach: Daß ich das Sterben des Kindes nicht ansehe! Und sie setzte sich gegenüber und erhob ihre Stimme und weinte.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

und ging hin und setzte sich gegenüber von fern, einen Bogenschuß weit; denn sie sprach: Ich kann nicht ansehen des Knaben Sterben. Und sie setzte sich gegenüber und hob ihre Stimme auf und weinte.

German Textbibel ☆

ging hin und setzte sich abseits einen Bogenschuß weit; denn sie sprach: Ich kann das Sterben des Kindes nicht ansehen! Daher setzte sie sich abseits; das Kind aber begann laut zu weinen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

ging hin und setzte sich gegenüber, einen Bogenschuß weit entfernt; denn sie sprach: Ich kann nicht sehen des Knaben Sterben! Und sie saß ihm gegenüber, erhob ihre Stimme und weinte.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ ἐκάθητο ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ μακρόθεν ὡσεὶ τόξου βολήν· εἶπε γάρ, οὐ μὴ ἴδω τὸν θάνατον τοῦ παιδίου μου. καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ, ἀναβοῆσαν δὲ τὸ παιδίον ἔκλαυσεν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ ἐκάθητο ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ μακρόθεν, ὡσεὶ τόξου βολήν· εἶπε γὰρ, οὐ μὴ ἴδω τὸν θάνατον τοῦ παιδίου μου. καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ· ἀναβοῆσαν δὲ τὸ παιδίον ἔκλαυσεν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

li ale, li chita pi devan, yon bon ti distans, li di nan kè l' -Mwen pa ka rete ap gade pitit mwen an ap mouri konsa. Pandan li chita konsa, pitit la pran rele.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Hele aku la ia, a noho iho la i kahi kupono ia ia, e mamao aku ana e like me ka pana ana o ka pua: no ka mea, i iho la ia, Aole au e pono ke ike i ka make ana o ke keiki Noho aku la ia i kahi kupono, a hookiekie ae la ia i kona leo, a uwe iho la.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜הּ מִנֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת כִּ֣י אֽ͏ָמְרָ֔ה אַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּמֹ֣ות הַיָּ֑לֶד וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־קֹלָ֖הּ וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ותלך ותשב לה מנגד הרחק כמטחוי קשת כי אמרה אל אראה במות הילד ותשב מנגד ותשא את קלה ותבך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ed ella se ne andò, e si pose a sedere dirimpetto, di lungi intorno ad una tratta d'arco; perciocchè ella diceva: Ch'io non vegga morire il fanciullo; e sedendo così dirimpetto, alzò la voce e pianse.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E se ne andò, e si pose a sedere dirimpetto, a distanza d’un tiro d’arco; perché diceva: “Ch’io non vegga morire il fanciullo!” E sedendo così dirimpetto, alzò la voce e pianse.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼女は離れて行き、弓の届くほど遠くに座った。「少年が死ぬのを見たくない」と思ったからである。彼女はその向こうに座り、声を上げて泣いた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

가로되 `자식의 죽는 것을 참아 보지 못하겠다' 하고 살 한 바탕쯤가서 마주 앉아 바라보며 방성대곡하니

Kosraean Bible ☆

ac som muta srengla sahp ac yact siofok ma liki tulik sac. El nunku in el, “Nga tia ku in muta ngetang liye tulik se nutik inge ke ac misa uh.” Ke el muta insac, el mutawauk in tung.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et abiit, seditque e regione procul quantum potest arcus jacere: dixit enim: Non videbo morientem puerum: et sedens contra, levavit vocem suam et flevit.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و به مسافت تیر پرتابی رفته، در مقابل وی بنشست، زیرا گفت: «موت پسر را نبینم.» و در مقابل او نشسته، آواز خود را بلند کرد وبگریست.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Ela foi e sentou-se em frente a ele, a uma boa distância, a cerca de um tiro de arco. Pois ela disse: “Não me deixe ver a morte do menino.” Ela sentou-se em frente a ele, levantou a sua voz e chorou.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E foi-se e sentou-se em frente, afastando-se como um tiro de arco; porque dizia: Não verei quando o jovem morrer: e sentou-se em frente, e levantou sua voz e chorou.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi a mers şi s-a aşezat jos înaintea lui la depărtare de el, cam cât ar trage un arcaş, pentru că spunea: Să nu văd moartea copilului. Şi s-a aşezat înaintea lui şi şi-a înălţat vocea şi a plâns.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

ши с-а дус де а шезут ын фаца луй ла о микэ депэртаре де ел, ка ла о арункэтурэ де арк, кэч зичя еа: „Сэ ну вэд моартя копилулуй!” А шезут дар ын фаца луй ла о парте, а ридикат гласул ши а ынчепут сэ плынгэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

и пошла, села вдали, в расстоянии на один выстрел из лука. Ибо она сказала: не хочу видеть смерти отрока. И она села поодаль против него, и подняла вопль, и плакала;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

pa otide koliko se može strelom dobaciti, i sede prema njemu; jer govoraše: Da ne gledam kako će umreti dete. I sedeći prema njemu stade glasno plakati.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

па отиде колико се може стрелом добацити, и седе према њему; јер говораше: Да не гледам како ће умрети дете. И седећи према њему стаде гласно плакати.

Mashi Bible ☆

aj’ibwârhala aha akalangira ishaka, nka aha omuntu ankalasha omwampi. Bulya kwo akazâg’iderha emurhima, erhi: «Ntalonza mbone oku oyu mwâna afâ». Atamala erya burhambi, arhondêra ayâma analaka.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y fuése y sentóse enfrente, alejándose como un tiro de arco; porque decía: No veré cuando el muchacho morirá: y sentóse enfrente, y alzó su voz y lloró.

Spanish BLL ☆

y se fue a sentar a cierta distancia, a la distancia de un tiro de arco, pues se decía: “No quiero ver morir al muchacho”. Y mientras estaba allí sentada, comenzó a llorar a gritos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

y se fue y se sentó enfrente, a distancia de un tiro de arco; porque decía: «No veré cuando el muchacho muera». Y cuando ella se sentó enfrente, el muchacho alzó su voz y lloró.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y ella se alejó, a una buena distancia, y sentándose en la tierra, se puso a llorar amargamente, diciendo: No vea la muerte de mi hijo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Luego fue y se sentó enfrente, a distancia como de un tiro de arco, pues se dijo: Así no veré cuando el muchacho muera. Se sentó enfrente, alzó su voz y lloró.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ka ka ʻalu ia ʻo nofo fakahangatonu mai mei he mamaʻo ʻo tatau nai mo e touʻanga ngahau kuo fana; he naʻe pehē ʻe ia; “ʻOfa ke ʻoua naʻaku mamata ki he pekia ʻae tama, pea naʻe nofo ia ʻo hangatonu kiate ia, pea hiki hake ʻe ia hono leʻo ʻo tangi.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Відойшовши ж сїла навпроти його віддалеки, як би дострелити з лука; каже бо: Нехай не бачу смерти дитини моєї. І седїла навпроти його, та й заголосила.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Відойшовши ж сїла навпроти його віддалеки, як би дострелити з лука; каже бо: Нехай не бачу смерти дитини моєї. І седїла навпроти його, та й заголосила.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

đi ngồi đối diện cách xa xa dài chừng một khoảng tên bắn; vì nói rằng: Oâi! tôi nỡ nào thấy đứa trẻ phải chết! Nàng ngồi đối diện đó, cất tiếng la khóc.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜הּ מִנֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת כִּ֣י אָֽמְרָ֔ה אַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּמ֣וֹת הַיָּ֑לֶד וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־קֹלָ֖הּ וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃