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Lamentations 1:18

18  w“The Lord is in the right,

xfor I have rebelled against his word;

but hear, all you peoples,

and see my suffering;

ymy young women and my young men

have gone into captivity.

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Lamentations 1:18 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 “The Lord is righteous,

yet I rebelled against his command.

Listen, all you peoples;

look on my suffering.

My young men and young women

have gone into exile.

Lamentations 1:18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:

Hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow:

My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 “The Lord is right,” Jerusalem says,

“for I rebelled against him.

Listen, people everywhere;

look upon my anguish and despair,

for my sons and daughters

have been taken captive to distant lands.

Lamentations 1:18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

18 “The Lord is righteous,

For I rebelled against His commandment.

Hear now, all peoples,

And behold my sorrow;

My virgins and my young men

Have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 Jerusalem says, “The Lord is right,

but I refused to obey him.

Listen, all you people,

and look at my pain.

My young women and men

have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:

Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow:

My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 “The Lord is right in what he did, 

because I rebelled against his word. 

Please listen, all you people, and look at my pain. 

My young women and young men have gone into captivity. 

Lamentations 1:18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 The Lord is just,

for I have rebelled against His command.

Listen, all you people;

look at my pain.

My young men and women

have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

18 The Lord is in the right,

for I have rebelled against his word;

but hear, all you peoples,

and behold my suffering;

my young women and young men

have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 Yahweh is righteous;

I have rebelled against his word.

Please hear, all the nations,

And see my pain;

My young women and young men

went into captivity.

Lamentations 1:18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 Its people say, “The Lord always does what is right.

But we refused to obey his commands.

Listen, all of you nations.

Pay attention to how much we’re suffering.

Our young women and young men

have been taken away as prisoners.

Lamentations 1:18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

18 “The Lord is righteous;

For I have rebelled against His command;

Hear now, all peoples,

And behold my pain;

My virgins and my young men

Have gone into captivity.


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