Lamentations 4:14
They wandered blindly through the streets, defiled by blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
KJV1611 – Modern English
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have defiled themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
They wander{H5128} as blind{H5787} men in the streets,{H2351} they are polluted{H1351} with blood,{H1818} So that men cannot{H3201} {H3808} touch{H5060} their garments.{H3830}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
They have wandered{H5128}{(H8804)} as blind{H5787} men in the streets{H2351}, they have polluted{H1351}{(H8738)} themselves with blood{H1818}, so that men could{H3201}{(H8799)} not{H3808} touch{H5060}{(H8799)} their garments{H3830}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
So that these blynde men wete stomblinge in the stretes, and stayned themselues wt bloude, which els wolde touche no bloudy cloth.
Geneva Bible (1560)
They haue wandred as blinde men in the streetes, and they were polluted with blood, so that they would not touch their garments.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
As blinde men went, they stumbling in the streetes, and stayned them selues with blood, insomuch that the heathen woulde in no wyse touche their garmentes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Webster's Bible (1833)
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without `any' being able to touch their clothing,
American Standard Version (1901)
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
American Standard Version (1901)
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
World English Bible (2000)
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
נ(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 2:34 : 34 Even on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. You did not find them breaking in, yet it is because of all these things.
- Num 19:16 : 16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who was killed with a sword, a dead body, a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean for seven days.
- Deut 28:28-29 : 28 The LORD will strike you with madness, blindness, and confusion of heart. 29 At midday, you will grope around like a blind person in the dark. You will not prosper in your ways; you will be continually oppressed and robbed, with no one to save you.
- Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
- Isa 56:10 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.
- Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. 10 We grope along the wall like the blind; we grope as if we had no eyes. At midday, we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. 11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but it is nowhere, and for salvation, but it is far from us.
- Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers. 11 The entire vision is to you like the words of a sealed book. If it is given to one who can read and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they respond, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.' 12 Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'
- Num 35:33 : 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- Hos 4:2 : 2 There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
- Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore night will come over you—without visions; the darkness will fall—without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will grow dark for them. 7 The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God.
- Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
- Eph 4:18 : 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
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