Lamentations 4:7 - The Message

⁷ The splendid and sacred nobles once glowed with health. Their bodies were robust and ruddy, their beards like carved stone.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Her Nazarites were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk, They were more ruddy in body than rubies, Their polishing was of sapphire:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ [In physical appearance] her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies or corals, their shapely figures [suggested a carefully cut] sapphire.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

Common English Bible

⁷ Her nazirites were purer than snow; they were more dazzling than milk. Their limbs were redder than coral; their bodies were sapphire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ ZAIN. Her Nazirites were whiter than snow, shinier than milk, more ruddy than ancient ivory, more beautiful than sapphire.

Lamentations 4:7 Cross References