Parallel Verses
Amplified
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Holman Bible
elders are shown no respect.
International Standard Version
Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.
A Conservative Version
Rulers were hanged up by their hand. The faces of elders were not honored.
American Standard Version
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
Bible in Basic English
Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.
Darby Translation
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
Julia Smith Translation
Chiefs were hung by their hand: the faces of old men were not honored.
King James 2000
Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They hang princes by their hand; they do not show respect before elders.
Modern King James verseion
Rulers were hanged by the hand; the faces of elders were not honored.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The princes are hanged up with the hand of the enemies; they have not spared the old sage men;
NET Bible
Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.
New Heart English Bible
Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.
The Emphasized Bible
Princes, by their hand, have been hanged, The faces of elders, not honoured.
Webster
Princes were hanged by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
World English Bible
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
Youngs Literal Translation
Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
Themes
Armies » Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished
Captive » Cruelty to » Ravished
hands » Criminals often » Hung by
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
War » Often attended by » Cruelty
sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
11
They ravished the women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
Young men worked at the grinding mill,
And boys fell [staggering] under loads of wood.
Names
Cross References
Lamentations 4:16
The presence of the Lord scattered them [among the nations];
He will not continue to look after them.
They did not honor the priests;
They did not favor the elders.
Isaiah 47:6
“I was angry with My people,
I profaned [Judah] My inheritance
And gave them into your hand [Babylon].
You showed them no mercy;
You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
Jeremiah 39:6-7
Then at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; the king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
Jeremiah 52:10-11
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the princes of Judah at Riblah.
Jeremiah 52:25-27
He also took out of the city one official who was overseer of the soldiers, and seven of the king’s advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men who were still in the city.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the Daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground keeping silent;
They have thrown dust on their heads,
They have covered themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.
Lamentations 2:20
See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt this way?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful?
Should priest and prophet be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?