Lamentations 4:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶The punishment inflicted on my people
    has been greater than that of Sodom,
which was overthrown in an instant
    without a hand being lifted to help her.
⁷Her princes were once brighter than snow
    and whiter than milk.
Their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
    more precious than sapphire.
⁸Now their faces are blacker than soot,
    and no one recognizes them in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled tightly over their bones,
    as dry as a stick.

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Lamentations 4:6-8

New International Version

⁶The punishment of my people
is greater than that of Sodom,^(A)
which was overthrown in a moment
without a hand turned to help her.

⁷Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like lapis lazuli.

⁸But now they are blacker^(B) than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;^(C)
it has become as dry as a stick.

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Lamentations 4:6-8

New King James Version

⁶The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the ^(A)sin of Sodom,
Which was ^(B)overthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!

⁷Her ^[a]Nazirites were ^[b]brighter than snow
And whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Like sapphire in their ^[c]appearance.

⁸Now their appearance is blacker than soot;
They go unrecognized in the streets;
^(C)Their skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 4:7 Or nobles
Lamentations 4:7 Or purer
Lamentations 4:7 Lit. polishing

Lamentations 4:6-8

King James Version

⁶For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

⁷Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

⁸Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

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