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Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the nursing infant usticks

to the roof of its mouth for thirst;

vthe children beg for food,

but no one gives to them.

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

Because of thirst the infant’s tongue

sticks to the roof of its mouth;

the children beg for bread,

but no one gives it to them.

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

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst:

The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Lamentations 4:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The parched tongues of their little ones

stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst.

The children cry for bread,

but no one has any to give them.

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

The tongue of the infant clings

To the roof of its mouth for thirst;

The young children ask for bread,

But no one breaks it for them.

Lamentations 4:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The babies are so thirsty

their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths.

Children beg for bread,

but no one gives them any.

Lamentations 4:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst:

The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Lamentations 4:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.

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

The tongues of nursing infants stick to the roofs of their mouths 

because of their thirst. 

Little children beg for bread, 

but no one will break off a piece for them. 

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

The nursing infant’s tongue

clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.

Little children beg for bread,

but no one gives them any.

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

The tongue of the infant sticks

to the roof of its mouth for thirst;

the children beg for food,

but no one gives them anything.

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

The tongue of the nursling cleaves

to its palate in thirst.

Children beg for food,

no one lays it out before them.

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

When our babies get thirsty,

their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths.

When our children beg for bread,

no one gives them any.

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

The tongue of the infant cleaves

To the roof of its mouth because of thirst;

The little ones ask for bread,

But no one breaks it for them.


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