13Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.


In Context

10 Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.

12 Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

13 Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

Lamentations 5:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:13Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:13They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:13The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:13The young men bare the mill, and the children stumbled under the wood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.