Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
KJV
Senes defecerunt de portis, juvenes de choro psallentium.
Vulgate
καὶ πρεσβῦται ἀπὸ πύλης κατέπαυσαν, ἐκλεκτοὶ ἐκ ψαλμῶν αὐτῶν κατέπαυσαν,
LXX
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
ASV
זְקֵנִים֙ מִ/שַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִ/נְּגִינָתָֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙
hshbty
verb · 71×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
ם
m
noun · 14×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 26:13 — And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
- Isa 24:7 — The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
- Jer 7:34 — Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the
- Ps 137:4 — How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
- Rev 18:22 — And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sou
- Ruth 4:2 — And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.