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Lamentations 4:15 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Depart you, they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [here].
  • King James Version Public Domain
    They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    “Turn aside! Unclean!” they called to them. “Turn aside! Turn aside! Do not touch!” For they fled, and they also wandered. They said among the nations, “They shall not continue to sojourn.” AYIN

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