Lamentations 4:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.”
Lamentations 4:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 4:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 4:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favor the elders.”
Lamentations 4:16 — World English Bible
Lamentations 4:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders. ”
Lamentations 4:16 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 4:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.”
Lamentations 4:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 4:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged. ”
Lamentations 4:16 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 4:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The anger of the Lord hath scattered them, he will no more regard them: they reuerenced not the face of the Priestes, nor had compassion of the Elders.”
Lamentations 4:16 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 4:16 in Context — Lamentations 4
14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
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What Does Lamentations 4:16 Mean?
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