Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
How [the] gold has grown dim, the pure gold has changed. The stones of holiness are scattered at the head of every street.
New American Standard Bible
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are poured out
At the
King James Version
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
Holman Bible
the fine gold become dull!
The stones of the temple
at the corner of every street.
International Standard Version
How tarnished the gold has become, the finest gold debased! Sacred stones have been scattered at every street corner.
A Conservative Version
How the gold has become dim, the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
American Standard Version
How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Amplified
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered
At the head of every street.
Bible in Basic English
How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.
Darby Translation
How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!
Julia Smith Translation
How will the gold become dim the good gold will be changed the stones of the holy place shall be poured out in the head of all the streets.
King James 2000
How has the gold become dim! how has the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Modern King James verseion
How the gold has become dim; the fine gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Aleph} O how is the gold become so dim? How is the goodly colour of it so sore changed? And the stones of the sanctuary thus scattered in the corner of every street?
NET Bible
(Alef)Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner.
New Heart English Bible
How the gold has become dim. How the most pure gold has changed. The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
The Emphasized Bible
How is dimmed the gold! changed the most fine gold! Poured out are the stones of the sanctuary, at the top of all the streets.
Webster
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
World English Bible
How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Youngs Literal Translation
How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
Themes
Temple » Solomon's » Destroyed by nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to babylon
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 4:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion Is Punished
1 How [the] gold has grown dim, the pure gold has changed. The stones of holiness are scattered at the head of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion weighed against fine gold, how they are thought of as earthen vessels of clay, the work of the potter's hands.
Cross References
Lamentations 2:19
"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches; pour out your heart like water, before the face of the Lord. Lift to him your hands, for the life of your children, who faint in starvation, at the head of all streets."
Ezekiel 7:19-22
Their silver they will discard on the streets, and filth will be their gold; their silver and their gold will not be able to rescue them on the day of the wrath of Yahweh. They will not satisfy their {hunger} and their stomachs they will not fill, for their guilt will be their stumbling block.
2 Kings 25:9-10
He burned the temple of Yahweh, the palace of the king, and all of the houses of Jerusalem; every large house he burned with fire.
Isaiah 1:21
How has a faithful city become like a whore? Full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of dawn! You are cut down to the ground, conqueror of nations!
Jeremiah 52:13
And he burned the {temple} of Yahweh, and the palace of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he burned with fire.
Matthew 24:2
But he answered [and] said to them, "Do you not see all these [things]? Truly I say to you, not [one] stone will be left here on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"
Mark 13:2
And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not [one] stone will be left here on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"
Luke 21:5-6
And [while] some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with precious stones and votive offerings, he said,