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A Prayer for Restoration

Lamentations 5:4

In 11 translations

BSB
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
KJV
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.is…: Heb. cometh for price
WEB
We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
ASV
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
LSV
We have drunk our water for money, || Our wood comes for a price.
YLT
Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
DBY
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
DRC
We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
GNV
Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.
JPS
We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
LXXE
We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us for a burden on our neck:

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Original-language editions

WLC
מֵימֵ֨ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ὕδωρ ἡμῶν ἐν ἀργυρίῳ ἐπίομεν, ξύλα ἡμῶν ἐν ἀλλάγματι ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον ἡμῶν·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 3:1For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
  • Deuteronomy 28:48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
  • Ezekiel 4:9–17But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side. You are to weigh…

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