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Lamentations 1:11

King James Version (KJV)

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.

Translations

Lamentations 1:11 - Amplified Bible

All her people groan {and} sigh, seeking for bread; they have given their desirable {and} precious things [in exchange] for food to revive their strength {and} bring back life. See, O Lord, and consider how wretched {and} lightly esteemed, how vile {and} abominable, I have become!

Lamentations 1:11 - American Standard Version

All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: See, O Jehovah, and behold; for I am become abject.

Lamentations 1:11 - Bible in Basic English

Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

Lamentations 1:11 - Darby Bible

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their precious things for food to revive [their] soul. See, Jehovah, and consider, for I am become vile.

Lamentations 1:11 - English Standard Version

All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. "Look, O Lord, and see, for I am despised."

Lamentations 1:11 - King James Version

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.

Lamentations 1:11 - La Biblia de las Americas

Todo su pueblo gime buscando pan;
han dado sus tesoros a cambio de comida
para restaurar sus vidas.
Mira, oh SEÑOR, y observa
que me están despreciando.

Lamentations 1:11 - The Message

All the people groaned, so desperate for food, so desperate to stay alive
   that they bartered their favorite things for a bit of breakfast:
   "O God, look at me! Worthless, cheap, abject!

Lamentations 1:11 - New American Standard Bible

All her people groan seeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To restore their lives themselves. "See, O LORD, and look, For I am despised."

Lamentations 1:11 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Todo su pueblo gime buscando pan;
Han dado sus tesoros a cambio de comida
Para restaurar sus vidas.
"Mira, oh SEÑOR, y observa
Que me están despreciando."

Lamentations 1:11 - World English Bible

All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: Look, Yahweh, and see; for I am become abject.

Lamentations 1:11 - Young's Living Translation

All her people are sighing -- seeking bread, They have given their desirable things For food to refresh the body; See, O Jehovah, and behold attentively, For I have been lightly esteemed.

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