Genesis 21:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And she moved away and sat in a distant area, as far as a bow can reach. For she said, "I shall not see the boy die." And so, sitting opposite her, he lifted up his voice and wept.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot, for she said, Let me not see the death of the lad. And as she sat down opposite him, he lifted up his voice and wept and she raised her voice and wept.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ She walked away from him about as far as a bow shot and sat down, telling herself, I can’t bear to see the boy die. She sat at a distance, cried out in grief, and wept.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ 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.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.

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Genesis 21:15

And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there.

Genesis 27:38

And Esau said to him: "Have you only one blessing, father? I beg you, bless me also." And when he wept with a loud wail,

Genesis 29:11

And having watered the flock, he kissed her. And lifting up his voice, he wept.

Genesis 44:34

For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father."

1 Kings 17:12

And she responded: "As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. See, I am collecting a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and make it for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die."

1 Kings 3:26

But the woman, whose son was alive, said to the king, for her heart was moved concerning her son, "I beg you, my lord, give the living infant to her, and do not kill him." To the contrary, the other said, "Let it be neither for me, nor for you, instead divide it."

Esther 8:6

We have sinned in your sight, and therefore you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies,

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.

Jeremiah 6:26

Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: 'for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.'

Amos 8:10

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your hymns into lamentation. And I will put sackcloth over every one of your backs, and baldness on every head. And I will begin it like the mourning for an only-begotten son, and complete it like a bitter day.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they will look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will feel sorrow over him, as one would be sorrowful at the death of a firstborn.

Luke 15:20

And rising up, he went to his father. But while he was still at a distance, his father saw him, and he was moved with compassion, and running to him, he fell upon his neck and kissed him.

Judges 2:4

And when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and they wept.

Ruth 1:9

May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands, whom you will obtain by lot." And she kissed them. They lifted up their voice, and began to weep,

1 Samuel 24:16

May the Lord be the judge, and may he judge between me and you. And may he see and judge my case, and rescue me from your hand."

1 Samuel 30:4

David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.