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Literal Standard Version
Lamentations 5:4
We have drunk our water for money, || Our wood comes for a price.
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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.
Contemporary English Version
The water we drink and the wood we burn cost far too much.
The water we drink and the wood we burn cost far too much.
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
1Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, || Look attentively, and see our reproach. 2Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, || Our houses to foreigners. 3Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers [are] as widows. 4We have drunk our water for money, || Our wood comes for a price.5For our neck we have been pursued, || We have labored—there has been no rest for us. 6[To] Egypt we have given a hand, || [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread. 7Our fathers have sinned—they are not, || We have borne their iniquities. 8Servants have ruled over us, || There is no deliverer from their hand. 9With our lives we bring in our bread, || Because of the sword of the wilderness. 10Our skin as an oven has been burning, || Because of the raging of the famine.
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
And God blesses them, and God says to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth."
And God blesses them, and God says to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth."
Genesis 5:1
This [is] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God's creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him;
This [is] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God's creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him;
Genesis 5:3
And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.
And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.
Genesis 5:7
And Seth lives after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years [[or seven hundred and seven years]], and begets sons and daughters.
And Seth lives after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years [[or seven hundred and seven years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:10
And Enos lives after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years [[or seven hundred and fifteen years]], and begets sons and daughters.
And Enos lives after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years [[or seven hundred and fifteen years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:13
And Cainan lives after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years [[or seven hundred and forty years]], and begets sons and daughters.
And Cainan lives after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years [[or seven hundred and forty years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:19
And Jared lives after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begets sons and daughters.
And Jared lives after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:22
And Enoch habitually walks with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years [[or two hundred years]], and begets sons and daughters.
And Enoch habitually walks with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years [[or two hundred years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
And Methuselah lives after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begets sons and daughters.
And Methuselah lives after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begets sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lives after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety-five years [[or five hundred and sixty-five years]], and begets sons and daughters.
And Lamech lives after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety-five years [[or five hundred and sixty-five years]], and begets sons and daughters.
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 במחיר יבאו "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.
