Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Elders are gone from the gate,
Young men from their music.

King James Version

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

Holman Bible

The elders have left the city gate,
the young men, their music.

International Standard Version

Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music.

A Conservative Version

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

American Standard Version

The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

Amplified


Elders are gone from the gate;
Young men from their music.

Bible in Basic English

The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

Darby Translation

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

Julia Smith Translation

Old men ceased from the gate, the chosen ones from their stringed instruments.

King James 2000

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Elders are no longer at the gate, young men no longer play stringed instruments.

Modern King James verseion

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The elders sit no more under the gates, and the young men use no more the playing of Music.

NET Bible

The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.

New Heart English Bible

The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.

The Emphasized Bible

Elders, from the gates, have ceased. Young men, from their music.

Webster

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

World English Bible

The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

Youngs Literal Translation

The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

שׁבת 
Shabath 
Usage: 71

from the gate
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

the young men
בּחר בּחוּר 
Bachuwr 
Usage: 46

References

Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

A Request For Mercy

13 Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood. 14 Elders are gone from the gate,
Young men from their music.
15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.

Cross References

Jeremiah 7:34

And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.

Deuteronomy 16:18

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Job 29:7-17

When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,

Job 30:1

"But now they laugh at me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 30:31

My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.

Isaiah 3:2-3

the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,

Isaiah 24:7-11

The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.

Jeremiah 16:9

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will silence in this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

Jeremiah 25:10

Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate; her priests groan; her virgins have been afflicted, and she herself suffers bitterly.

Lamentations 1:19

"I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and elders perished in the city, while they sought food to revive their strength.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 26:13

And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more.

Revelation 18:22

and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more,

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