Lamentations 4:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 4:8 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 →
חָשַׁ֤ךְ
châshak
H2821
to be dark
מִשְּׁחוֹר֙
shᵉchôwr
H7815
blackness
תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם
tôʼar
H8389
form
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
נִכְּר֖וּ
nâkar
H5234
to know
בַּחוּצ֑וֹת
chûwts
H2351
outside
צָפַ֤ד
tsâphad
H6821
to shrivel
עוֹרָם֙
ʻôwr
H5785
skin
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
עַצְמָ֔ם
ʻetsem
H6106
bone
יָבֵ֖שׁ
yâbêsh
H3001
to dry up
הָיָ֥ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כָעֵֽץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
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
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
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King James Version Public Domain
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become dry as wood. TETH
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).