Lamentations 4:1

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

In context

1 How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
KJV King James Version: How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
WEB World English Bible: How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
ASV American Standard Version: How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: How is the gold become dim, Changed the best — the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
DBY Darby Translation: How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!
WBS Webster Bible: How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.