10 (A)Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,
But weep deeply for the one who goes away;
For (B)he will never return
Or see his native land.

Read full chapter

10 Do not weep for the dead(A) king or mourn(B) his loss;
    rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(C)
    nor see his native land again.

Read full chapter

10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Read full chapter

20 The (A)breath of our nostrils, the (B)Lords anointed,
Was (C)captured in their pits,
Of whom we had said, “[a]In his (D)shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:20 I.e., under his protection

20 The Lord’s anointed,(A) our very life breath,
    was caught in their traps.(B)
We thought that under his shadow(C)
    we would live among the nations.

Read full chapter

20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

Read full chapter