Lamentations 4:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ For the chastisement of my people has been greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, though no hand was laid on it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater Than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands stayed on her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and no hands had come against her or been laid on her. [Gen. 19:25.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

Common English Bible

⁶ Greater was the punishment of the daughter of my people than Sodom’s penalty, which was quickly overthrown without any hand-wringing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ VAU. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and yet hands did not take captives in her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her.

Lamentations 4:6 Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

Genesis 19:25

and he overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground.

Isaiah 24:2

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the male slave, so with his master; as with the female slave, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.

Jeremiah 20:16

Let that man be like the cities that the Lord overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon,

Jeremiah 23:14

But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a more shocking thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from wickedness; all of them have become like Sodom to me and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Lamentations 4:9

Happier were those pierced by the sword than those pierced by hunger, whose life drains away, deprived of the produce of the field.

Daniel 8:25

By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall be great. Without warning he shall destroy many and shall even rise up against the Prince of princes. But he shall be broken, and not by human hands.

Daniel 9:12

He has confirmed his words that he spoke against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a calamity so great that what has been done against Jerusalem has never before been done under the whole heaven.

Matthew 24:21

For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

Luke 10:12

I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.

Luke 12:47

That slave who knew what his master wanted but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.