Lamentations 5:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
In context
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Lamentations 5:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
- KJV King James Version
- We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
- WEB World English Bible
- We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
- ASV American Standard Version
- We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
- WBS Webster Bible
- We have drank our water for money; our wood is sold to us.