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


In Context

11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured her foundations.

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy would have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

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

15 They cried to them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:14Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.

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 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,