Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
New American Standard Bible
Weighed against fine gold,
How they are regarded as
The work of a potter’s hands!
King James Version
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Holman Bible
ב Bet
once worth their weight in pure gold
how they are regarded as clay jars,
the work of a potter’s hands!
International Standard Version
Though the precious people of Zion were like fine gold, how they are valued like clay vessels, the handiwork of a potter!
A Conservative Version
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
American Standard Version
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Amplified
The [noble and] precious sons of Zion,
[Once] worth their weight in fine gold,
How they are regarded [merely] as earthen jars,
The work of a potter’s hands!
Bible in Basic English
The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!
Darby Translation
The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Julia Smith Translation
The precious sons of Zion being lifted up with fine gold, how they were reckoned for earthen vessels, the work of the hands of the potter.
King James 2000
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Modern King James verseion
The precious sons of Zion are weighed against pure gold; how they are counted as earthen vessels, the work of a potter's hand!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Beth} The children of Zion that were always in honour, and clothed with the most precious gold: how are they now become like the earthen vessels which be made with the potter's hand?
NET Bible
(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
New Heart English Bible
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How they are regarded as clay jars, the work of the hands of the potter.
The Emphasized Bible
The precious sons of Zion, they who were weighed against pure gold, How are they accounted as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Webster
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
World English Bible
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Youngs Literal Translation
The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
Interlinear
Yaqar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 4:2
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. 3 Even the jackal bears the beast and nurses their cubs; [but] the daughter of my people has become ruthless, like ostriches in the wilderness.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 19:11
And you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "So I will break this people and this city as one breaks the vessel of the potter, [so] that it is not able to be repaired again. And in Topheth they will bury {until there is no room to bury}.
Isaiah 30:14
And he breaks it like a vessel of {a potter} breaks, [that] is crushed; he has no compassion, and no potsherd is found among its fragments {to take fire} from [the] hearth, or {to skim} water from [the] cistern."
Isaiah 51:18
There is no one who guides her among all [the] children she has borne, and there is no one who grasps her by the hand among all [the] children she raised.
Jeremiah 22:28
[Is] this man Coniah a despised, shattered vessel? Or a vessel [in which] there is no delight? Why are he and his offspring thrown far, and cast away to the land that they do not know?"
Lamentations 2:21
They lie in [the] soil of [the] streets, young and old; my young women and young men, they have fallen by the sword; you have slain on the day of {your anger}, you have slaughtered and not shown mercy.
Lamentations 5:12
They hang princes by their hand; they do not show respect before elders.
Zechariah 9:13
For I have bent Judah [as] my bow; I have set Ephraim [as an arrow]. I will set in motion your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Javan. I will wield you like the sword of a warrior.
Romans 9:21-23
Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}?
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house [there] are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware [ones], some of which [are] for honorable use, and some of which [are] for ordinary use.