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Lamentations 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

KJV

Filii Sion inclyti, et amicti auro primo : quomodo reputati sunt in vasa testea, opus manuum figuli !

Vulgate

Βή. υἱοὶ Σειὼν οἱ τίμιοι οἱ ἐπηρμένοι ἐν χρυσίῳ, πῶς ἐλογίσθησαν εἰς ἄγγια ὀστράκινα, ἔργα χειρῶν κεραμέως;

LXX

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

ASV

בְּנֵ֤י צִיּוֹן֙ הַ/יְקָרִ֔ים הַ/מְסֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּ/פָּ֑ז אֵיכָ֤ה נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ לְ/נִבְלֵי חֶ֔רֶשׂ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י יוֹצֵֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
verb · 63×
חָ֑רֶשׂ
chrsh
noun · 17×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יְקָרָ֑ה
yqrh
noun · 35×
מְסֻלָּאִ֖ים
msl'ym
verb · 1×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
נְבָלִ֖ים
nblym
noun · 38×
פָּ֑ז
pz
noun · 9×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Tim 2:20 — But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
  • 2Tim 2:20 — But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
  • Isa 30:14 — And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth,
  • Isa 51:18 — There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
  • Isa 51:20 — Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
  • Jer 19:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
  • Jer 19:11 — And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in T
  • Jer 19:11 — And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in T
  • Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter
  • Lam 5:12 — Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
  • Ps 144:12 — That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
  • Rom 9:21 — Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
  • Zech 9:13 — When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.