Lamentations 5:4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
KJV
Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus ; ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.
Vulgate
ἐξ ἡμερῶν ἡμῶν ξύλα ἡμῶν ἐν ἀλλάγματι ἦλθεν·
LXX
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
ASV
מֵימֵ֨י/נוּ֙ בְּ/כֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖י/נוּ בִּ/מְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
מְחִֽיר
mchyr
noun · 15×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
- Judg 5:11 — They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villag