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Lamentations 5:12

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5:12Princes were hung by their hands;

elders were mistreated.28

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  1. 28 Heb “elders were shown no respect.” The phrase “shown no respect” is an example of tapeinosis, a figurative expression of understatement: to show no respect to elders = to terribly mistreat elders.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Princes are hung up by their hands;

no respect is shown to the elders.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Princes have been hung up by their hands;

elders are shown no respect.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Princes have been hung up by their hands;

elders are shown no respect.

NLTNew Living Translation

Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs,

and our elders are treated with contempt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They hang princes by their hand;

they do not show respect before elders.

KJV 1900King James Version

Princes are hanged up by their hand:

The faces of elders were not honoured.