Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They were defiled with
So that no one could touch their
King James Version
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Holman Bible
נ Nun
defiled by this blood,
so that no one dared
to touch their garments.
International Standard Version
people stagger around in the streets like the blind, defiled by blood unclean so that no one is able to touch their clothing.
A Conservative Version
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
American Standard Version
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
Amplified
They wandered, blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with blood
So that no one could touch their garments.
Bible in Basic English
They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
Darby Translation
They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Julia Smith Translation
The blind were shaken in the streets, they were stained with blood, so that they shall not be able to touch upon their garments.
King James 2000
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They wander blindly in the streets; they were defiled with the blood, their clothes could not be touched.
Modern King James verseion
they reeled blind in the streets; they are defiled with blood, so that not any can touch their clothes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Nun} So that these blind men went stumbling in the streets, and stained themselves with blood, which else would touch no bloody cloth.
NET Bible
(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.
New Heart English Bible
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men can't touch their garments.
The Emphasized Bible
They have wandered - blind - in the streets, have defiled themselves with blood; so that men may not touch their garments.
Webster
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
World English Bible
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without any being able to touch their clothing,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 4:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion Is Punished
13
This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
14
They were defiled with
So that no one could touch their
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:34
Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things
Numbers 19:16
Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Deuteronomy 28:28-29
The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind,
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Numbers 35:33
You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Isaiah 29:10-12
For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
Isaiah 59:9-11
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Hosea 4:2
there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Micah 3:6-7
Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision, and darkness to you, without divination. The sun shall go down on the prophets, and the day shall be black over them;
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.