4We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.


In Context

1 Remember, O Lord , what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.

2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.

3 We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.

4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.

6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Lamentations 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4We have drank our water for money; our wood is sold to us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold to us.