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Lamentations 4:16

16 The Lord himself has scattered them;

he no longer watches over them.a

The priests are shown no honor,

the eldersb no favor.c

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Lamentations 4:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 The Lord himself has scattered them;

he will regard them no more;

no honor was shown to the priests,

no favor to the elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them:

They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 The Lord himself has scattered them,

and he no longer helps them.

People show no respect for the priests

and no longer honor the leaders.

Lamentations 4:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 The face of the Lord scattered them;

He no longer regards them.

The people do not respect the priests

Nor show favor to the elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 The Lord himself scattered them

and did not look after them anymore.

No one respects the priests

or honors the elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them:

They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.

Lamentations 4:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 The Lord himself has scattered them. 

He will no longer look favorably on them. 

They no longer respected the priests, 

nor did they honor their older leaders.” 

Lamentations 4:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 The Lord Himself has scattered them;

He regards them no more.

The priests are not respected;

the elders find no favor.

Lamentations 4:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 The Lord himself has scattered them,

he will regard them no more;

no honor was shown to the priests,

no favor to the elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 The presence of Yahweh has scattered them,

he will no longer watch over them;

they did not honor the priests,

they did not show mercy to elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 The Lord himself has scattered them.

He doesn’t watch over them anymore.

No one shows the priests any respect.

No one honors the elders.

Lamentations 4:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 The presence of the Lord has scattered them,

He will not continue to regard them;

They did not honor the priests,

They did not favor the elders.


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