Lamentations 5:13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
KJV
Adolescentibus impudice abusi sunt, et pueri in ligno corruerunt.
Vulgate
ἐκλεκτοὶ κλαυθμὸν ἀνέλαβον, καὶ νεανίσκοι ἐν ξύλῳ ἠσθένησαν.
LXX
The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.
ASV
בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּ/נְעָרִ֖ים בָּ/עֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
טְח֣וֹן
tchvn
noun · 1×
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ
ykshlv
verb · 64×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Judg 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- Matt 23:4 — For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.