¹⁰Don’t tell our enemies in Gath about our defeat; don’t let them see you weeping. People of Beth Leaphrah,^a show your despair by rolling in the dust!

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Footnotes

abeth leaphrah: The prophet speaks of outlying towns (verses 10–14) which an enemy army approaching Jerusalem would attack.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Tell it not in Gath;

weep not at all;

in Beth-le-aphrah

roll yourselves in the dust.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Tell it not in Gath;

weep not at all.

In Beth Ophrah

roll in the dust.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t announce it in Gath,

don’t weep at all.

Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t tell our enemies in Gath;

don’t weep at all.

You people in Beth-leaphrah,

roll in the dust to show your despair.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not tell it in Gath;

you must not weep at all.

In Beth-le-Aphrah

roll yourself in dust.

KJV 1900King James Version

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all:

In the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

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