Lamentations 4:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 4:16 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 →
פְּנֵ֤י
pânîym
H6440
face
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
חִלְּקָ֔ם
châlaq
H2505
to divide
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יוֹסִ֖יף
yâçaph
H3254
to add
לְהַבִּיטָ֑ם
nâbaṭ
H5027
to look
פְּנֵ֤י
pânîym
H6440
face
כֹהֲנִים֙
kôhên
H3548
priest
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
נָשָׂ֔אוּ
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
זקנים
zâqên
H2205
old
וּזְקֵנִ֖ים
zâqên
H2205
old
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
חָנָֽנוּ
chânan
H2603
to be gracious
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 anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.
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King James Version Public Domain
The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The face of Yahweh divided them; he will not continue to look at them. The face of the priests they did not lift up, and the elders they did not show grace. PE
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).