Lamentations 5:12
“Princes are hanged vp by their hand: the faces of Elders were not honoured.”
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Lamentations 5:12 Context
10Our skinne was blacke like an ouen, because of the terrible famine. 11They rauished the women in Zion, and the maides in the cities of Iudah. 12Princes are hanged vp by their hand: the faces of Elders were not honoured. 13They tooke the young men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood. 14The Elders haue ceased from the gate, the young men from their musicke.
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Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
- King James Version
Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.
- Basic English Bible
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
- Darby Bible
Princes were hanged by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.
- Webster's Bible
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
- World English Bible
Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible