Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.

King James Version

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

Holman Bible

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.

International Standard Version

Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.

A Conservative Version

Rulers were hanged up by their hand. The faces of elders were not honored.

American Standard Version

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Amplified


Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.

Bible in Basic English

Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.

Darby Translation

Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.

Julia Smith Translation

Chiefs were hung by their hand: the faces of old men were not honored.

King James 2000

Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They hang princes by their hand; they do not show respect before elders.

Modern King James verseion

Rulers were hanged by the hand; the faces of elders were not honored.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The princes are hanged up with the hand of the enemies; they have not spared the old sage men;

NET Bible

Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.

New Heart English Bible

Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

Princes were hanged by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.

World English Bible

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
are hanged up
תּלה 
Talah 
Usage: 27

by their hand
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

the faces
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of elders
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

References

Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

A Request For Mercy

11 They ravished the women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
13 Young men worked at the grinding mill,
And youths stumbled under loads of wood.


Cross References

Lamentations 4:16

The presence of the Lord has scattered them,
He will not continue to regard them;
They did not honor the priests,
They did not favor the elders.

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

Jeremiah 39:6-7

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:10-11

The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

Jeremiah 52:25-27

He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven of the king’s advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:20

See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt thus?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy?
Should priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?

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