Lamentations 4:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 4:3 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 →
גַּם
gam
H1571
also
תנין
tannâh
H8568
jackals
תַּנִּים֙
tannâh
H8568
jackals
חָ֣לְצוּ
châlats
H2502
to arm
שַׁ֔ד
shad
H7699
breast
הֵינִ֖יקוּ
yânaq
H3243
to nurse
גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן
gûwr
H1482
cub
בַּת
bath
H1323
daughter
עַמִּ֣י
ʻam
H5971
people
לְאַכְזָ֔ר
ʼakzâr
H393
cruel
כי
kîy
H3588
that
ענים
yâʻên
H3283
ostrich
כַּיְעֵנִ֖ים
yâʻên
H3283
ostrich
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
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
Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
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King James Version Public Domain
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Even jackals offer the breast; they nurse their young. the daughter of my people become cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness. DALETH
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).