Lamentations 5:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.”

Lamentations 5:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 5:14 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 5:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.”

Lamentations 5:14 — World English Bible

Lamentations 5:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. ”

Lamentations 5:14 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.”

Lamentations 5:14 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. ”

Lamentations 5:14 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 5:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.”

Lamentations 5:14 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 5:14 in Context — Lamentations 5

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.

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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What Does Lamentations 5:14 Mean?

Lamentations 5:14 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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