• 2 Kings 8:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 12 Hazʹa·el asked: “Why is my lord weeping?” He replied: “Because I know what harm you will do to the people of Israel.+ Their fortified places you will set on fire, their choice men you will kill with the sword, their children you will dash to pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip open.”+

  • 2 Kings 8:12
    The Bible in Living English

    • 12* and Hazael said “How is it that you weep, sir?” and he said “Because I know what you will do to the sons of Israel: you will set fire to their fortified cities, and kill their young men in warfare, and dash out their children’s brains, and cut open their pregnant women.”

  • 2 Kings 8:12
    American Standard Version

    • 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

  • 2 Kings 8:12
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 12 Then said Hazael, Why is my lord weeping? And he said—Because I know what thou wilt do to the sons of Israel by way of harm—Their fortresses thou wilt set on fire, And their choice young men with the sword thou wilt slay, And their children thou wilt dash in pieces, And their women with child thou wilt rip up.

  • 2 Kings 8:12
    King James Version

    • 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.