Lamentations 5:4 - English Standard Version 2016

We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

We have had to pay money to drink the water that belongs to us; our [own] wood is sold to us.

American Standard Version (1901)

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

Common English Bible

We drink our own water—but for a price; we gather our own wood—but pay for it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.

Lamentations 5:4 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:36

Behold, we are slaves this day; in the land that you gave to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves.

Isaiah 3:1

For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water;

Isaiah 55:1

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Deuteronomy 28:48

therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and lacking everything. And he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.