NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon They that did feed'akal (aw-kal') to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite. delicately ma`adan (mah-ad-awn') a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully) -- dainty, delicately, delight. are desolate shamem (shaw-mame') to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) in the streets chuwts (khoots) abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without. they that were brought up 'aman (aw-man') to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain in scarlet towla` (to-law') a maggot (as voracious); specifically the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith -- crimson, scarlet, worm. embrace chabaq (khaw-bak') to clasp (the hands or in embrace) -- embrace, fold.; dunghills 'ashpoth (ash-pohth') a heap of rubbish or filth -- dung (hill). Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits. King James Bible They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. Holman Christian Standard Bible Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in garbage heaps. International Standard Version Those who enjoyed delicacies lie desolate in the streets. Those who were reared wearing purple scavenge in piles of trash. NET Bible Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage. GOD'S WORD® Translation Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage. King James 2000 Bible They that did eat delicacies are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace ash heaps. Links Lamentations 4:5Lamentations 4:5 NIV Lamentations 4:5 NLT Lamentations 4:5 ESV Lamentations 4:5 NASB Lamentations 4:5 KJV |
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