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Lamentations 5:14–15

14  nThe old men have left the city gate,

the young men qtheir music.

15  qThe joy of our hearts has ceased;

rour dancing has been turned to mourning.

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Lamentations 5:14–15 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 The elders are gone from the city gate;

the young men have stopped their music.

15 Joy is gone from our hearts;

our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

14 The elders have ceased from the gate,

The young men from their musick.

15 The joy of our heart is ceased;

Our dance is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 The elders no longer sit in the city gates;

the young men no longer dance and sing.

15 Joy has left our hearts;

our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,

And the young men from their music.

15 The joy of our heart has ceased;

Our dance has turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 The elders no longer sit at the city gates;

the young men no longer sing.

15 We have no more joy in our hearts;

our dancing has turned to sadness.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — American Standard Version (ASV)

14 The elders have ceased from the gate,

The young men from their music.

15 The joy of our heart is ceased;

Our dance is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 ⸤Our⸥ older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, 

and ⸤our⸥ young men no longer play their music. 

15 There is no joy left in our hearts. 

Our dancing has turned into mourning. 

Lamentations 5:14–15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 The elders have left the city gate,

the young men, their music.

15 Joy has left our hearts;

our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

14 The old men have left the city gate,

the young men their music.

15 The joy of our hearts has ceased;

our dancing has been turned to mourning.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 Elders are no longer at the gate,

young men no longer play stringed instruments.

15 The joy of our hearts has stopped;

our circle-dancing has changed to a mourning ceremony.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 Our elders don’t go to the city gate anymore.

Our young men have stopped playing their music.

15 There isn’t any joy in our hearts.

Our dancing has turned into sobbing.

Lamentations 5:14–15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

14 Elders are gone from the gate,

Young men from their music.

15 The joy of our hearts has ceased;

Our dancing has been turned into mourning.


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