Lamentations 5:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Princes are hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honoured.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Common English Bible

¹² Officials have been hung up by their hands; elders have been shown no respect.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² The leaders were suspended by their hand. They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders.

Lamentations 5:12 Cross References

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:20

Lord, look and consider to whom you have done this. Should women eat their own children, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?

Lamentations 4:16

The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favour.

Leviticus 19:32

‘You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honour the old.  Fear your God; I am the Lord.