Lamentations 5:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

Common English Bible

⁴ We drink our own water—but for a price; we gather our own wood—but pay for it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.

Lamentations 5:4 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:36

Here we are today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness. Here we are #– #slaves in it!

Isaiah 3:1

Note this: The Lord God of Armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah every kind of security: the entire supply of bread and water,

Isaiah 55:1

‘Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!

Deuteronomy 28:48

you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke  on your neck until he has destroyed you.