Lamentations
King James Version (KJV)
Lamentations 4:10
“The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
King James Version (KJV)
Lamentations 4:10 Context
7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: 8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. 9They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. 10The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 11The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. 12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. 13For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
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Translation Details for Lamentations 4:10
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Other Translations for Lamentations 4:10
Bible Commentary for Lamentations 4:10
Wesley's Notes for Lamentations 4:10
4:8 Not known - So that those who before knew them, do not know them now.
The hands of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, they were their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Basic English Bible
The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.
- Darby Bible
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Webster's Bible
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- World English Bible
The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The hands of women full of compassion have sodden their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible