Lamentations 4:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.”
Lamentations 4:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 4:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 4:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The kings of the earth didn’t believe, neither did all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.”
Lamentations 4:12 — World English Bible
Lamentations 4:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.”
Lamentations 4:12 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 4:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.”
Lamentations 4:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 4:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.”
Lamentations 4:12 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 4:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The Kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not haue beleeued that the aduersarie and the enemie should haue entred into the gates of Ierusalem:”
Lamentations 4:12 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 4:12 in Context — Lamentations 4
10 Las manos de las mujeres piadosas cocieron á sus hijos; fuéronles comida en el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.
11 Cumplió Jehová su enojo, derramó el ardor de su ira; y encendió fuego en Sión, que consumió sus fundamentos.
12 Nunca los reyes de la tierra, ni todos los que habitan en el mundo, creyeron que el enemigo y el adversario entrara por las puertas de Jerusalem.
13 [Es] por los pecados de sus profetas, por las maldades de sus sacerdotes, que derramaron en medio de ella la sangre de los justos.
14 Titubearon como ciegos en las calles, fueron contaminados en sangre, de modo que no pudiesen tocar á sus vestiduras.
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What Does Lamentations 4:12 Mean?
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