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Lamentations 1:11-13
Revised Standard Version
Lamentations 1:11-13
Revised Standard Version
11 All her people groan
as they search for bread;
they trade their treasures for food
to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and behold,
for I am despised.”
12 “Is it nothing to you,[a] all you who pass by?
Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow
which was brought upon me,
which the Lord inflicted
on the day of his fierce anger.
13 “From on high he sent fire;
into my bones[b] he made it descend;
he spread a net for my feet;
he turned me back;
he has left me stunned,
faint all the day long.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:12 Heb uncertain
- Lamentations 1:13 Gk: Heb bones and
Lamentations 1:11-13
New International Version
Lamentations 1:11-13
New International Version
11 All her people groan(A)
as they search for bread;(B)
they barter their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.”
Lamentations 1:11-13
King James Version
Lamentations 1:11-13
King James Version
11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
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Lamentations 1:11-13
New King James Version
Lamentations 1:11-13
New King James Version
11 All her people sigh,
(A)They [a]seek bread;
They have given their [b]valuables for food to restore life.
“See, O Lord, and consider,
For I am scorned.”
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who [c]pass by?
Behold and see
(B)If there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
Which has been brought on me,
Which the Lord has inflicted
In the day of His fierce anger.
13 “From above He has sent fire into my bones,
And it overpowered them;
He has (C)spread a net for my feet
And turned me back;
He has made me desolate
And faint all the day.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:11 hunt food
- Lamentations 1:11 desirable things
- Lamentations 1:12 Lit. pass by this way
Lamentations 1:11-13
English Standard Version
Lamentations 1:11-13
English Standard Version
11 All her people (A)groan
as (B)they search for bread;
they trade their (C)treasures for (D)food
to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and see,
for I am despised.”
12 “Is it nothing to you, all (E)you who pass by?
(F)Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which was brought upon me,
which (G)the Lord inflicted
on (H)the day of his fierce anger.
13 “From on high he (I)sent fire;
into my bones[a] he made it descend;
(J)he spread a net for my feet;
he turned me back;
(K)he has left me stunned,
faint all the day long.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and
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