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


In Context

11 Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

12 The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

13 It is because of 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 wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

15 Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more live here.

16 The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor 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 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 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,