Lamentations 4:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

KJV

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

WEB

Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.

ASV

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

LSV

Those eating of delicacies have been desolate in out-places, || Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.

YLT

Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.

DBY

They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.

DRC

He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.

GNV

They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.

JPS

They that did feed on dainties are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

LXXE

He. They that feed on dainties are desolate in the streets: they that used to be nursed in scarlet have clothed themselves with dung.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים נָשַׁ֖מּוּ בַּחוּצ֑וֹת הָאֱמֻנִים֙ עֲלֵ֣י תוֹלָ֔ע חִבְּק֖וּ אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Η. Οἱ ἔσθοντες τὰς τρυφὰς ἠφανίσθησαν ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις, οἱ τιθηνούμενοι ἐπὶ κόκκων περιεβάλλοντο κοπρίας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
• Amos 6:3–7You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. You improvise songs on…
• Luke 15:16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
• Proverbs 31:21When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
• 2 Samuel 1:24O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
• Isaiah 24:6–12Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.…
• 1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
• Deuteronomy 28:54–56The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat…
• Revelation 18:7–9As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ Therefore her plagues will…
• Luke 7:25Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.
• Jeremiah 9:21–22For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares. Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men…
• Jeremiah 6:2–3Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion. Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
• Isaiah 32:9–14Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will…
• Isaiah 3:16–26The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— the Lord will bring sores on the…
• Job 24:8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

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