| King James Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, | 1"As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel, |
| 2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. | 2and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions. |
| 3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. | 3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people. |
| 4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. | 4When the nations heard about him, he was caught in their pit. Then they led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt. |
| 5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. | 5When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. |
| 6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. | 6He prowled among the lions, and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people. |
| 7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. | 7He devastated their strongholds and destroyed their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring. |
| 8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. | 8Then the nations from the surrounding provinces set out against him. They spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit. |
| 9And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. | 9They put a wooden yoke on him with hooks and led him away to the king of Babylon. They brought him into the fortresses so his roar could no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. |
| 10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. | 10Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water. |
| 11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. | 11It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers; its height towered among the clouds. So it was conspicuous for its height as well as its many branches. |
| 12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. | 12But it was uprooted in fury, thrown to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were torn off and dried up; fire consumed them. |
| 13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. | 13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. |
| 14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. | 14Fire has gone out from its main branch and has devoured its fruit, so that it no longer has a strong branch, a scepter for ruling. This is a lament and should be used as a lament." |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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