Lamentations 5:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.”

Lamentations 5:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 5:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 5:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.”

Lamentations 5:11 — World English Bible

Lamentations 5:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. ”

Lamentations 5:11 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins--in cities of Judah.”

Lamentations 5:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah. ”

Lamentations 5:11 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 5:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.”

Lamentations 5:11 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 5:11 in Context — Lamentations 5

9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

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What Does Lamentations 5:11 Mean?

Lamentations 5:11 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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