Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music.
New American Standard Bible
Young men from their
King James Version
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Holman Bible
the young men, their music.
A Conservative Version
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
American Standard Version
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
Amplified
Elders are gone from the gate;
Young men from their music.
Bible in Basic English
The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.
Darby Translation
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
Julia Smith Translation
Old men ceased from the gate, the chosen ones from their stringed instruments.
King James 2000
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Elders are no longer at the gate, young men no longer play stringed instruments.
Modern King James verseion
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The elders sit no more under the gates, and the young men use no more the playing of Music.
NET Bible
The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.
New Heart English Bible
The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.
The Emphasized Bible
Elders, from the gates, have ceased. Young men, from their music.
Webster
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
World English Bible
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
Youngs Literal Translation
The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
13 Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood. 14 Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music. 15 The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:34
In the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem I'll bring an end to the sound of gladness and rejoicing, to the sounds of the bridegroom and bride, for the land will become a wasteland."
Deuteronomy 16:18
"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.
Job 29:7-17
"Whenever I went out to the city gate, a seat had been reserved for me in the plaza.
Job 30:1
"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.
Job 30:31
But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping."
Isaiah 3:2-3
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the elder,
Isaiah 24:7-11
The new wine evaporates; the vine and the oil dry up; all the merrymakers groan.
Jeremiah 16:9
For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "In this place I'm about to bring an end to the sounds of happiness and rejoicing, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride. I'll do it in front of your eyes and in your time.
Jeremiah 25:10
I'll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp.
Lamentations 1:4
The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.
Lamentations 1:19
I called out to my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have died within the city while looking for something to eat to keep themselves alive.
Lamentations 2:10
The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow.
Ezekiel 26:13
""I'll silence the noise of your songs and the music of your harps won't be heard anymore.
Revelation 18:22
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard within you again. No artisan of any trade will ever be found within you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard within you again.