Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And they will make their voice heard over you
And will cry bitterly.
They will cast dust on their heads,
They will wallow in ashes.

King James Version

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Holman Bible

They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.

International Standard Version

and they will cry so loud you won't be able to make yourself heard! How bitterly they'll cry! They'll throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.

A Conservative Version

and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads. They shall wallow themselves in the ashes.

American Standard Version

and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Amplified


And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you
And they will cry bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads;
They will wallow in ashes.

Bible in Basic English

And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:

Darby Translation

and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.

Julia Smith Translation

And with their voice they shall cause to be heard against thee, and they shall cry with bitterness, and they shall bring up dust upon their heads, and they shall roll themselves in ashes.

King James 2000

And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow in the ashes:

Lexham Expanded Bible

and they will lament over you with their voice, and they will cry out bitterly, and they will throw dust on their heads, [and] they will roll in the dust.

Modern King James verseion

and shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall throw dust on their heads. They shall wallow themselves in the ashes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall lift up their voice because of thee, and make a lamentable cry. They shall cast dust upon their heads, and lie down in the ashes.

NET Bible

They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

New Heart English Bible

and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

The Emphasized Bible

And make loud lament over thee, with their voice, And make biter outcry,- And shall lift up dust on their heads, In ashes, shall roll themselves;

Webster

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

World English Bible

and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Youngs Literal Translation

And have sounded for thee with their voice, And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, In ashes they do roll themselves.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

and shall cast up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

פּלשׁ 
Palash 
Usage: 4

References

Context Readings

A Lament For Doomed Tyre

29 All who handle the oars, the sailors and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land, 30 And they will make their voice heard over you
And will cry bitterly.
They will cast dust on their heads,
They will wallow in ashes.
31 They will make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness and with painful mourning.

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:26

O my people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

2 Samuel 1:2

Three days later a soldier came from Saul's army. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. He knelt down in front of David.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.

1 Samuel 4:12

A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran all the way from the battlefield to Shiloh and arrived there the same day. To show his grief he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head.

Isaiah 23:1-6

Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them.

Ezekiel 26:17

They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you: 'How you have perished, O inhabited one, from the seas, O renowned city. You were mighty on the sea. She and her inhabitants imposed her terror on all her inhabitants!

Jonah 3:6

The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.

Esther 4:1-4

When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes in anguish. Then he dressed in sackcloth, covered his head with ashes, and walked through the city, wailing loudly and bitterly,

Job 2:8

Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes.

Job 2:12

They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Jeremiah 25:34

Mourn, you shepherds, and cry. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. The time has come for you to be slaughtered. The time has come for you to be scattered, and you will break like fine pottery.

Ezekiel 27:31-32

They will make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness and with painful mourning.

Micah 1:10

Do not announce it at Gath, Philistia. Do not weep or show grief. At the house of Ophrah (house of dust) roll in the dust!

Revelation 18:9-19

The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke of her burning.

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