Lamentations 1:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 1:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
חֵ֤טְא
chêṭᵉʼ
H2399
sin
חָֽטְאָה֙
châṭâʼ
H2398
to sin
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
כֵּ֖ן
kên
H3651
thus
לְנִידָ֣ה
nîydâh
H5206
impurity
הָיָ֑תָה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כָּֽל
kôl
H3605
all
מְכַבְּדֶ֤יהָ
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
הִזִּיל֨וּהָ֙
zûwl
H2107
to lavish
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
רָא֣וּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ
ʻervâh
H6172
nakedness
גַּם
gam
H1571
also
הִ֥יא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
נֶאֶנְחָ֖ה
ʼânach
H584
to groan
וַתָּ֥שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אָחֽוֹר
ʼâchôwr
H268
behind
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: Yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
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King James Version Public Domain
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become an abhorrence. All who honored her have despised her, because they have seen her nakedness. And she herself has groaned and turned backward. TETH
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).