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Lamentations 4:12

12  gThe kings of the earth did not believe,

nor any of the inhabitants of the world,

that foe or enemy could enter

the gates of Jerusalem.

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Lamentations 4:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 The kings of the earth did not believe,

nor did any of the peoples of the world,

that enemies and foes could enter

the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed

That the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 Not a king in all the earth—

no one in all the world—

would have believed that an enemy

could march through the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 The kings of the earth,

And all inhabitants of the world,

Would not have believed

That the adversary and the enemy

Could enter the gates of Jerusalem—

Lamentations 4:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 Kings of the earth and people of the world

could not believe

that enemies and foes

could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world,

That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 Neither the kings of the earth nor anyone living on earth could believe 

that enemies or invaders would ever get through the gates of Jerusalem. 

Lamentations 4:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 The kings of the earth

and all the world’s inhabitants did not believe

that an enemy or adversary

could enter Jerusalem’s gates.

Lamentations 4:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 The kings of the earth did not believe,

nor did any of the inhabitants of the world,

that foe or enemy could enter

the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 The kings of the earth did not believe,

and all the inhabitants of the world,

that a foe and an enemy could enter

into the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 The kings of the earth couldn’t believe what was happening.

Neither could any of the world’s people.

Enemies actually attacked and entered

the gates of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 The kings of the earth did not believe,

Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world,

That the adversary and the enemy

Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.


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