Lamentations 5:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.”

Lamentations 5:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 5:10 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 5:10 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 5:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.”

Lamentations 5:10 — World English Bible

Lamentations 5:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.”

Lamentations 5:10 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.”

Lamentations 5:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.”

Lamentations 5:10 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 5:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Our skinne was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.”

Lamentations 5:10 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 5:10 in Context — Lamentations 5

8 Des esclaves dominent sur nous, Et personne ne nous délivre de leurs mains.

9 Nous cherchons notre pain au péril de notre vie, Devant l’épée du désert.

10 Notre peau est brûlante comme un four, Par l’ardeur de la faim.

11 Ils ont déshonoré les femmes dans Sion, Les vierges dans les villes de Juda.

12 Des chefs ont été pendus par leurs mains; La personne des vieillards n’a pas été respectée.

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What Does Lamentations 5:10 Mean?

Lamentations 5:10 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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