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Lamentations 5:12

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

KJV

Principes manu suspensi sunt ; facies senum non erubuerunt.

Vulgate

ἄρχοντες ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐκρεμάσθησαν, πρεσβύτεροι οὐκ ἐδοξάσθησαν.

LXX

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

ASV

שָׂרִים֙ בְּ/יָדָ֣/ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 29×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×
תֶהְדַּ֖ר
thdr
verb · 7×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 24:2 — And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so
  • Isa 47:6 — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
  • Lam 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!
  • Lam 4:16 — 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.
  • Lam 4:16 — 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.
  • Lev 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.