Lamentations 4:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”

Lamentations 4:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 4:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 4:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.”

Lamentations 4:5 — World English Bible

Lamentations 4:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”

Lamentations 4:5 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 4:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.”

Lamentations 4:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 4:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.”

Lamentations 4:5 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 4:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.”

Lamentations 4:5 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 4:5 in Context — Lamentations 4

3 Aun los monstruos marinos sacan la teta, dan de mamar á sus chiquitos: la hija de mi pueblo es cruel, como los avestruces en el desierto.

4 La lengua del niño de teta, de sed se pegó á su paladar: los chiquitos pidieron pan, y no hubo quien se lo partiese.

5 Los que comían delicadamente, asolados fueron en las calles; los que se criaron en carmesí, abrazaron los estercoleros.

6 Y aumentóse la iniquidad de la hija de mi pueblo más que el pecado de Sodoma, que fué trastornada en un momento, y no asentaron sobre ella compañías.

7 Sus Nazareos fueron blancos más que la nieve, más lustrosos que la leche, su compostura más rubicunda que los rubíes, más bellos que el zafiro:

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What Does Lamentations 4:5 Mean?

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