Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They were defiled with
So that no one could touch their
King James Version
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Holman Bible
נ Nun
defiled by this blood,
so that no one dared
to touch their garments.
International Standard Version
people stagger around in the streets like the blind, defiled by blood unclean so that no one is able to touch their clothing.
A Conservative Version
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
American Standard Version
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
Amplified
They wandered, blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with blood
So that no one could touch their garments.
Bible in Basic English
They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
Darby Translation
They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Julia Smith Translation
The blind were shaken in the streets, they were stained with blood, so that they shall not be able to touch upon their garments.
King James 2000
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They wander blindly in the streets; they were defiled with the blood, their clothes could not be touched.
Modern King James verseion
they reeled blind in the streets; they are defiled with blood, so that not any can touch their clothes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Nun} So that these blind men went stumbling in the streets, and stained themselves with blood, which else would touch no bloody cloth.
NET Bible
(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.
New Heart English Bible
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men can't touch their garments.
The Emphasized Bible
They have wandered - blind - in the streets, have defiled themselves with blood; so that men may not touch their garments.
Webster
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
World English Bible
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without any being able to touch their clothing,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 4:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion Is Punished
13
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The
They were defiled with
So that no one could touch their
“Depart, depart, do not touch!”
So they
Men among the nations said,
“They shall not continue to dwell with us.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:34
The
You did not find them
But in spite of all these things,
Numbers 19:16
Deuteronomy 28:28-29
The Lord will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart;
Isaiah 1:15
Yes, even though you
I will not listen.
Isaiah 56:10
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Numbers 35:33
Isaiah 29:10-12
He has
And He has covered your heads, the seers.
Isaiah 59:9-11
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Hosea 4:2
They employ violence, so that
Micah 3:6-7
And darkness for you—without divination.
The
And the day will become dark over them.
Matthew 15:14
Ephesians 4:18
being