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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 5:4
The water we drink and the wood we burn cost far too much.
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Christian Standard Bible®
We must pay for the water we drink;our wood comes at a price.
We must pay for the water we drink;our wood comes at a price.
Hebrew Names Version
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
King James Version
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
English Standard Version
We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
New American Standard Bible
We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
New Century Version
We have to buy the water we drink; we must pay for the firewood.
We have to buy the water we drink; we must pay for the firewood.
Amplified Bible
We have to pay for our drinking water; Our wood comes to us at a price.
We have to pay for our drinking water; Our wood comes to us at a price.
World English Bible
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.
Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
Legacy Standard Bible
We drink our water by means of silver;Our wood comes to us at a price.
We drink our water by means of silver;Our wood comes to us at a price.
Berean Standard Bible
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
Complete Jewish Bible
We have to pay to drink our own water; we have to buy our own wood.
We have to pay to drink our own water; we have to buy our own wood.
Darby Translation
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
Easy-to-Read Version
We have to buy the water that we drink. We have to pay for the wood that we use.
We have to buy the water that we drink. We have to pay for the wood that we use.
George Lamsa Translation
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold to us.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold to us.
Good News Translation
We must pay for the water we drink; we must buy the wood we need for fuel.
We must pay for the water we drink; we must buy the wood we need for fuel.
Lexham English Bible
We pay for water with money, our wood comes to us at a price.
We pay for water with money, our wood comes to us at a price.
Literal Translation
We have drunk our water for silver; our wood comes for a price.
We have drunk our water for silver; our wood comes for a price.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
We are fayne to drynke oure owne water for moneye, and oure owne wod must we bye with moneye.
We are fayne to drynke oure owne water for moneye, and oure owne wod must we bye with moneye.
American Standard Version
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
Bible in Basic English
We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.
We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
King James Version (1611)
We haue drunken our water for money, our wood is sold vnto vs.
We haue drunken our water for money, our wood is sold vnto vs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
We are fayne to drinke our owne water for money, and our owne wood must we buy for money.
We are fayne to drinke our owne water for money, and our owne wood must we buy for money.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us for a burden on our neck:
We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us for a burden on our neck:
English Revised Version
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
We drunken oure watir for monei, we bouyten oure trees for siluer.
We drunken oure watir for monei, we bouyten oure trees for siluer.
Update Bible Version
We have drank our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
We have drank our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
Webster's Bible Translation
We have drank our water for money; our wood is sold to us.
We have drank our water for money; our wood is sold to us.
New English Translation
We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price.
We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price.
New King James Version
We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.
We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.
New Living Translation
We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.
We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.
New Life Bible
We have to pay for our drinking water, and we must buy our wood.
We have to pay for our drinking water, and we must buy our wood.
New Revised Standard
We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Our water - for silver, have we drunk, our wood - for a price, cometh in.
Our water - for silver, have we drunk, our wood - for a price, cometh in.
Douay-Rheims Bible
We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
Revised Standard Version
We must pay for the water we drink, the wood we get must be bought.
We must pay for the water we drink, the wood we get must be bought.
Young's Literal Translation
Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
Contextual Overview
1 The People of Jerusalem Pray: Our Lord , don't forget how we have suffered and been disgraced. 2 Foreigners and strangers have taken our land and our homes. 3 We are like children whose mothers are widows. 4 The water we drink and the wood we burn cost far too much. 5 We are terribly mistreated; we are worn out and can find no rest. 6 We had to surrender to Egypt and Assyria because we were hungry. 7 Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead, and we are left to pay for their sins. 8 Slaves are now our rulers, and there is no one to set us free. 9 We are in danger from brutal desert tribes; we must risk our lives just to bring in our crops. 10 Our skin is scorched from fever and hunger.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
have: Deuteronomy 28:48, Isaiah 3:1, Ezekiel 4:9-17
is sold: Heb. cometh for price
Reciprocal: Judges 5:11 - the noise
Cross-References
Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
Genesis 5:1
God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:
God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:
Genesis 5:3
When Adam was one hundred thirty, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children
When Adam was one hundred thirty, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children
Genesis 5:7
Seth had more children
Seth had more children
Genesis 5:10
Enosh had more children
Enosh had more children
Genesis 5:13
Kenan had more children
Kenan had more children
Genesis 5:19
Jared had more children
Jared had more children
Genesis 5:22
and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,
and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,
Genesis 5:26
Methuselah had more children
Methuselah had more children
Genesis 5:30
Lamech had more children
Lamech had more children
Gill's Notes on the Bible
We have drunken our water for money,.... They who in their own land, which was a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, had wells of water of their own, and water freely and in abundance, now were obliged to pay for it, for drink, and other uses:
our wood is sold unto us; or, "comes to us by a price" r; and a dear one; in their own land they could have wood out of the forest, for cutting down and bringing home; but now they were forced to give a large price for it.
r ××××ר ×××× "in pretio venerunt", Pagninus, Montanus; "caro nobis pretio veniunt", Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Better as in the margin cometh to us for price. The rendering of the the King James Version spoils the carefully studied rhythm of the original. The bitterness of the complaint lies in this, that it was their own property which they had to buy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Lamentations 5:4. We have drunken our water for money — I suppose the meaning of this is, that every thing was taxed by the Chaldeans, and that they kept the management in their own hands, so that wood and water were both sold, the people not being permitted to help themselves. They were now so lowly reduced by servitude, that they were obliged to pay dearly for those things which formerly were common and of no price. A poor Hindoo in the country never buys fire-wood, but when he comes to the city he is obliged to purchase his fuel, and considers it as a matter of great hardship.
