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


In Context

1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

3 Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers are as widows.

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

5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.

6 To Egypt we have given a hand, To Asshur, to be satisfied with 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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