Genesis 21:16

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BSB

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.

KJV

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.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

DARBY

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.

BLB

And she went and sat down by herself opposite [him], as distance of the shot of a bow, for she said, “Do not let me see the death of the boy.” And she sat opposite [him] and lifted up her voice and wept.

ÅB

og gikk bort og satte seg et stykke ifra, sa langt som et bueskudd; for hun tenkte: Jeg vil ikke se på at gutten dør. Så satt hun et stykke ifra og brast i gråt.

OTB

Hun gikk og satte seg ned motsatt ham, omtrent et bueskudd unna, og sa, “Jeg kan ikke se på at gutten dør.” Og hun satt der, løftet sin stemme og gråt.

B1930

og gikk bort og satte sig et stykke ifra, sa langt som et bueskudd; for hun tenkte: Jeg vil ikke se på at gutten dør. Så satt hun et stykke ifra og brast i gråt.

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