12The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.


In Context

9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.

10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.

11 They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.

12 The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.

13 They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.

14 The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.

Lamentations 5:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes were hanged by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.