Lamentations 4:14

In 11 translations

BSB

They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

KJV

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.so…: or, in that they could not but touch

WEB

They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.

ASV

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

LSV

They have wandered naked in out-places, || They have been defiled with blood, || Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,

YLT

They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,

DBY

They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

DRC

Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.

GNV

They haue wandred as blinde men in the streetes, and they were polluted with blood, so that they would not touch their garments.

JPS

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.

LXXE

Nun. her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their raiment with it.

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Original-language editions

WLC

נָע֤וּ עִוְרִים֙ בַּֽחוּצ֔וֹת נְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ בַּדָּ֑ם בְּלֹ֣א יֽוּכְל֔וּ יִגְּע֖וּ בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

ΝΟΥΝ. Ἐσαλεύθησαν ἐγρήγοροι αὐτῆς ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις, ἐμολύνθησαν ἐν αἵματι ἐν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς, ἥψαντο ἐνδυμάτων αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
• Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Deuteronomy 28:28–29The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind, and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and…
• Numbers 19:16Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
• Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
• Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• Isaiah 59:9–11Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those…
• Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
• Isaiah 29:10–12For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed…
• Micah 3:6–7Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will…
• Ephesians 4:18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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