Lamentations 5:4
King James Version (KJV)
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
In context
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Lamentations 5:4 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
- 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.