Lamentations 5:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.”
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“Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 5:12 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Jeremiah 39:6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:10There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:25Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- Lamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
- Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Lamentations 4:16The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
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