Lamentations 4:4
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4The tongue of the nursling cleaves
to its palate in thirst.
Children beg for food,
no one lays it out before them.a
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- aLiterally “nothing spreads to them”
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In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
The tongue of the nursing infant sticks
to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
the children beg for food,
but no one gives to them.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The nursing baby’s tongue
clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.
Infants beg for food,
but no one gives them any.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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