Parallel Verses
NET Bible
(Dalet) The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.
New American Standard Bible
To the roof of its mouth because of
The little ones
But no one breaks it for them.
King James Version
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Holman Bible
ד Dalet
clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.
Little children beg for bread,
but no one gives them any.
International Standard Version
The nursing child's tongue cleaves to its palate from thirst. Young children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
A Conservative Version
The tongue of the sucking child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young sons ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
American Standard Version
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Amplified
The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth because of thirst;
The little ones ask for food,
But no one gives it to them.
Bible in Basic English
The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
Darby Translation
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.
Julia Smith Translation
The tongue of the suckling adhered to his palate in thirst: the young children asked for bread, none breaking bread to them.
King James 2000
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaks it unto them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The tongue of the nursling cleaves to its palate in thirst. Children beg [for] food, {no one lays it out before them}.
Modern King James verseion
The suckling's tongue cleaves to his palate in thirst; the young children ask bread; there is no breaking to them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Daleth} The tongues of the sucking children, cleave to the roof of their mouths for very thirst. The young children ask bread, but there is no man that giveth it them.
New Heart English Bible
The nursing infant's tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, but no one gives to them.
The Emphasized Bible
The tongue of the suckling, cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst, - Young children, have asked bread, there was none, to break, it to them.
Webster
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it to them.
World English Bible
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion Is Punished
3 (Gimel) Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the desert. 4 (Dalet) The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel. 5 (He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 22:15
The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
Lamentations 2:11-12
(Kaf) My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares.
Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
Psalm 137:6
May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
Lamentations 1:11
"Look, O Lord! Consider that I have become worthless!"
Matthew 7:9-11
Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?