Lamentations 4:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
American King James Version (AKJV)
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
American Standard Version (ASV)
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Webster's Revision
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
World English Bible
Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
English Revised Version (ERV)
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Clarke's Lamentations 4:5 Bible Commentary
Embrace dunghills - Lie on straw or rubbish, instead of the costly carpets and sofas on which they formerly stretched themselves.
Barnes's Lamentations 4:5 Bible Commentary
They that were brought up in scarlet - literally, "those that were carried upon scarlet;" young children in arms and of the highest birth now lie on the dirt-heaps of the city.
