Lamentations 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.”
Lamentations 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Lamentations 5:4 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Lamentations 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.”
Lamentations 5:4 — World English Bible
Lamentations 5:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.”
Lamentations 5:4 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.”
Lamentations 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price. ”
Lamentations 5:4 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.”
Lamentations 5:4 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 5:4 in Context — Lamentations 5
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
What Does Lamentations 5:4 Mean?
Lamentations 5:4 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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