Lamentations 5:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² 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 the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have cast dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the maidens of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:20

Look, O Lord, and see! With whom hast thou dealt thus? Should women eat their offspring, the children of their tender care? Should priest and prophet be slain 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 up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.