14Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.


In Context

11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.

12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the world's people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.

14 Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.

15 "Go away! You are unclean!" men cry to them. "Away! Away! Don't touch us!" When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, "They can stay here no longer."

16 The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.

Lamentations 4:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:14Nun. 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:14They wander as blind men in the streets, that are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without any being able to touch their clothing,