Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments. New Living Translation They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared touch them. English Standard Version They wandered, blind, through the streets; they were so defiled with blood that no one was able to touch their garments. Berean Standard Bible They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments. King James Bible They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. New King James Version They wandered blind in the streets; They have defiled themselves with blood, So that no one would touch their garments. New American Standard Bible They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood, Such that no one could touch their garments. NASB 1995 They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. NASB 1977 They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. Legacy Standard Bible They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. Amplified Bible They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. Christian Standard Bible Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments. Holman Christian Standard Bible Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.” American Standard Version They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments. Contemporary English Version Yes, her prophets and priests were covered with blood; no one would come near them, as they wandered from street to street. English Revised Version They wander as blind men in the streets, that are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments. GOD'S WORD® Translation My people staggered blindly through the streets. They were so contaminated with bloodstains that no one would touch their clothes. Good News Translation Her leaders wandered through the streets as though blind, so stained with blood that no one would touch them. International Standard Version people stagger around in the streets like the blind, defiled by blood unclean so that no one is able to touch their clothing. Majority Standard Bible They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments. NET Bible They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments. New Heart English Bible They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men can't touch their garments. Webster's Bible Translation They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. World English Bible They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThey have wandered naked in out-places, "" They have been defiled with blood, "" Without [any] being able to touch their clothing, Young's Literal Translation They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without any being able to touch their clothing, Smith's Literal Translation The blind were shaken in the streets, they were stained with blood, so that they shall not be able to touch upon their garments. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts. Catholic Public Domain Version NUN. They have wandered in the streets like the blind; they have been defiled with blood. And when they were not able, they held their garments. New American Bible They staggered blindly in the streets, defiled with blood, So that people could not touch even their garments: New Revised Standard Version Blindly they wandered through the streets, so defiled with blood that no one was able to touch their garments. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHer princes wander in her streets, they wallow in blood, so that no one could touch their garments. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Nun Her Princes wandered in her streets and they wallowed in blood, and they were unable to touch their garments OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917They wander as blind men in the streets, They are polluted with blood, So that men cannot Touch their garments. Brenton Septuagint Translation NUN. her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their raiment with it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Distress of Zion…13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. 14They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments. 15“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”… Cross References Isaiah 59:10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead. Deuteronomy 28:28-29 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind, / and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you. Jeremiah 14:18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’” Jeremiah 23:12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 29:9-10 Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink. / For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. Zephaniah 1:17 I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung. Hosea 4:5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother— Micah 3:6-7 Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. / Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.” Amos 8:9 And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime. Matthew 15:14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” John 9:39-41 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.” / Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?” / “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.” Romans 11:8-10 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” / And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. / May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. / The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 1 John 2:11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Treasury of Scripture They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. have wandered Deuteronomy 28:28,29 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: … Isaiah 29:10-12 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered… Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. they have polluted Numbers 35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Isaiah 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Jeremiah 2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. Numbers 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. depart ye Numbers 16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. Numbers 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Psalm 6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. it is unclean. Leviticus 13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. Jump to Previous Able Blind Blood Clothing Dares Defiled Garments Grope Naked Out-Places Polluted Robes Streets Themselves Touch Touched Unclean Wander Wandered WanderingJump to Next Able Blind Blood Clothing Dares Defiled Garments Grope Naked Out-Places Polluted Robes Streets Themselves Touch Touched Unclean Wander Wandered WanderingLamentations 4 1. Zion bewails her pitiful estate13. She confesses her sins 21. Edom is threatened and Zion comforted. They wandered blind in the streets The Hebrew word for "wandered" is "נָעוּ" (na'u), which conveys a sense of aimless movement, often associated with being lost or without direction. This imagery of blindness and wandering suggests a spiritual and moral disorientation. In the historical context of Lamentations, this reflects the state of the people of Jerusalem after the Babylonian conquest. Spiritually, it can be seen as a metaphor for the consequences of turning away from God, resulting in a lack of guidance and purpose. The streets, once bustling with life, now serve as a backdrop for this tragic scene of lost souls, emphasizing the desolation and chaos that sin brings into a community. defiled by this blood so that no one dared to touch their garments Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They wanderedנָע֤וּ (nā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter blind עִוְרִים֙ (‘iw·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5787: Blind in the streets, בַּֽחוּצ֔וֹת (ba·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors defiled נְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (nə·ḡō·’ă·lū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1351: To soil, desecrate by this blood, בַּדָּ֑ם (bad·dām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed so that no בְּלֹ֣א (bə·lō) Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no one dared יֽוּכְל֔וּ (yū·ḵə·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3201: To be able, have power to touch יִגְּע֖וּ (yig·gə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike their garments. בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ (bil·ḇu·šê·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3830: A garment, clothing, raiment Links Lamentations 4:14 NIVLamentations 4:14 NLT Lamentations 4:14 ESV Lamentations 4:14 NASB Lamentations 4:14 KJV Lamentations 4:14 BibleApps.com Lamentations 4:14 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 4:14 Chinese Bible Lamentations 4:14 French Bible Lamentations 4:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 4:14 They wander as blind men (Lam. 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