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Lamentations 4:5
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KJ21
They that fed on delicacies are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
ASV
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
AMP
Those who feasted on delicacies Are perishing in the streets; Those reared in purple [as nobles] Embrace ash heaps.
AMPC
Those who feasted on dainties are perishing in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie cleaving to refuse and ash heaps.
BRG
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
CSB
Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in trash heaps.
CSBA
Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were brought up in purple garments huddle in rubbish heaps.
CEB
Those who once ate gourmet food now tremble in the streets. Those who wore the finest purple clothes now cling to piles of garbage.
CJB
People who once ate only the best lie dying in the streets; those who were raised wearing purple are clawing at piles of garbage.
CEV
All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on trash heaps.
DARBY
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
DRA
He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
ERV
Those who ate rich food are now dying in the streets. Those who grew up wearing nice red clothes now pick through garbage piles.
EASY
There are people here who had been very rich. They ate the best foods, but now they are hungry. Now they lie in the streets with nothing to eat. They wore the best clothes, but now they sit in the ashes.
EHV
Those who ate delicacies have become desolate in the streets. Those who were dressed in scarlet have embraced piles of trash.
ESV
Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.
ESVUK
Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.
EXB
Those who once ate ·fine foods [delicacies; C the food of the rich; Prov. 23:3, 6] are ·now starving [L desolate] in the streets. People who ·grew up [were nurtured] ·wearing nice clothes [L in purple/or crimson; C expensive clothes often associated with royalty] now ·pick through [cling to] ·trash piles [ash heaps; 1 Sam. 2:8; Job 2:8; Ps. 113:7].
GNV
They that did feed delicately, perish in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet, embrace the dung.
GW
Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.
GNT
People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.
HCSB
Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in garbage heaps.
ICB
Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. The people who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles.
ISV
Those who enjoyed delicacies lie desolate in the streets. Those who were reared wearing purple scavenge in piles of trash.
JUB
Those that did feed delicately are made desolate in the streets; those that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
KJV
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
AKJV
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
LSB
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in crimson Embrace ash pits.
LEB
The ones who eat delicacies, they are ruined in the streets; the ones nurtured in purple lie on piles of trash.
TLB
Those who used to eat fastidiously are begging in the streets for anything at all. Those brought up in palaces now scratch in garbage pits for food.
MSG
People used to the finest cuisine forage for food in the streets. People used to the latest in fashions pick through the trash for something to wear.
MEV
Those who once ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those who were brought up in scarlet embrace ash heaps.
NOG
Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.
NABRE
Those who feasted on delicacies are abandoned in the streets; Those who reclined on crimson now embrace dung heaps.
NASB
Those who used to eat delicacies Are made to tremble in the streets; Those who were raised in crimson clothing Embrace garbage heaps.
NASB1995
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.
NCB
Those who once feasted on delicacies now lie dying in the streets. Those who once wore purple garments now grovel in rubbish heaps.
NCV
Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. People who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles.
NET
Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.
NIRV
Those who once ate fine food are dying in the streets. Those who wore royal clothes are now lying on piles of trash.
NIV
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.
NIVUK
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.
NKJV
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.
NLV
Those who ate fine foods are dying in the streets. Those who were brought up dressed in purple now lie in ashes.
NLT
The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.
NRSVA
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
NRSVACE
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
NRSVCE
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
NRSVUE
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
OJB
They that did feed delicately are destitute in the chutzot; they that were brought up in purple lie on dunghills.
RGT
Those who fed on delicacies perish in the streets. Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace the dung.
RSV
Those who feasted on dainties perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie on ash heaps.
RSVCE
Those who feasted on dainties perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie on ash heaps.
TLV
Those who used to eat delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace trash heaps.
VOICE
Even those raised with a silver spoon, swaddled in the richest fabrics, Are starving, perishing in the streets. They swarm through rubbish like flies.
WEB
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
WYC
They that ate lustfully, perished in ways; they that were nourished in cradles, embraced turds. (They who ate lustfully, perished on the ways; they who were nourished in cradles, hung onto dung.)
YLT
Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
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