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Lamentations 4:14–15

14  iThey wandered, blind, through the streets;

they were so defiled with blood

jthat no one was able to touch

their garments.

15  “Away! kUnclean!” people cried at them.

“Away! Away! Do not touch!”

So they became fugitives and wanderers;

people said among the nations,

“They shall stay with us no longer.”

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Lamentations 4:14–15 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 Now they grope through the streets

as if they were blind.

They are so defiled with blood

that no one dares to touch their garments.

15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.

“Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”

When they flee and wander about,

people among the nations say,

“They can stay here no longer.”

Lamentations 4:14–15 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood,

So that men could not touch their garments.

15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered,

They said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

Lamentations 4:14–15 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 They wandered blindly

through the streets,

so defiled by blood

that no one dared touch them.

15 “Get away!” the people shouted at them.

“You’re defiled! Don’t touch us!”

So they fled to distant lands

and wandered among foreign nations,

but none would let them stay.

Lamentations 4:14–15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 They wandered blind in the streets;

They have defiled themselves with blood,

So that no one would touch their garments.

15 They cried out to them,

“Go away, unclean!

Go away, go away,

Do not touch us!”

When they fled and wandered,

Those among the nations said,

“They shall no longer dwell here.”

Lamentations 4:14–15 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 They wandered in the streets

as if they were blind.

They were dirty with blood,

so no one would touch their clothes.

15 “Go away! You are unclean,” people shouted at them.

“Get away! Get away! Don’t touch us!”

So they ran away and wandered.

Even the other nations said, “Don’t stay here.”

Lamentations 4:14–15 — American Standard Version (ASV)

14 They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood,

So that men cannot touch their garments.

15 Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not!

When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,

They shall no more sojourn here.

Lamentations 4:14–15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there.

Lamentations 4:14–15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 My people staggered blindly through the streets. 

They were so contaminated with bloodstains 

that no one would touch their clothes. 

15 ‘Get away! You’re unclean,’people yelled at them. 

‘Get away! Get away! Don’t touch anyone.’ 

When they fled and wandered around, 

the people of the nations said, ‘They can’t stay here any longer.’ 

Lamentations 4:14–15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 Blind, they stumbled in the streets,

defiled by this blood,

so that no one dared

to touch their garments.

15 “Stay away! Unclean!” people shouted at them.

“Away, away! Don’t touch us!”

So they wandered aimlessly.

It was said among the nations,

“They can stay here no longer.”

Lamentations 4:14–15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

14 Blindly they wandered through the streets,

so defiled with blood

that no one was able

to touch their garments.

15 “Away! Unclean!” people shouted at them;

“Away! Away! Do not touch!”

So they became fugitives and wanderers;

it was said among the nations,

“They shall stay here no longer.”

Lamentations 4:14–15 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 They wander blindly in the streets;

they were defiled with the blood,

their clothes

could not be touched.

15 “Go away! Defiled!” they shout to them.

“Go away! Go away! Do not touch!”

so they left, they left; it was said among the nations,

“They will no longer dwell with us.”

Lamentations 4:14–15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 Now those prophets and priests

have to feel their way along the streets

like people who are blind.

The blood of those they killed has made them “unclean.”

So no one dares even to touch their clothes.

15 “Go away! You are ‘unclean’!”

people cry out to them.

“Go away! Get out of here!

Don’t touch us!”

So they run away and wander around.

Then people among the nations say,

“They can’t stay here anymore.”

Lamentations 4:14–15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

14 They wandered, blind, in the streets;

They were defiled with blood

So that no one could touch their garments.

15 Depart! Unclean!” they cried of themselves.

Depart, depart, do not touch!”

So they fled and wandered;

Men among the nations said,

“They shall not continue to dwell with us.


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