Lamentations 5:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.”
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BSBPD
“We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 5:4 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Nehemiah 9:36So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!
- Isaiah 3:1For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
- Ezekiel 4:9But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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