Lamentations 4:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 4:12 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 →
לֹ֤א
lôʼ
H3808
not
הֶאֱמִ֨ינוּ֙
ʼâman
H539
to confirm
מַלְכֵי
melek
H4428
king
אֶ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וכל
kôl
H3605
all
כֹּ֖ל
kôl
H3605
all
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
תֵבֵ֑ל
têbêl
H8398
world
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
יָבֹא֙
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
צַ֣ר
tsar
H6862
distress
וְאוֹיֵ֔ב
ʼôyêb
H341
enemy
בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י
shaʻar
H8179
gate
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
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King James Version Public Domain
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the dwellers of the world, that an adversary and an enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem. MEM
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).