1How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street.


In Context

1 How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street.

2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter's hands!

3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my people have become heartless like ostriches in the desert.

Lamentations 4:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed, the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim, Changed the best — the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.