Lamentations 5:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.

Lamentations 5:12 Cross References

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads; they put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:20

Look, O Lord, and consider! To whom have you done this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have borne? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lamentations 4:16

The Lord himself has scattered them; he will regard them no more; no honor was shown to the priests, no favor to the elders.

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.