Lamentations 4:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ Her Nazirites were brighter than snow And whiter than milk; More ruddy in body than rubies, Their cut like sapphire.

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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

Job 28:16

It is not valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious shoham or sapphire.

Job 28:18

No mention is made of coral or crystal, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Psalm 144:12

Because our sons are like plants Grown up in their youth; Our daughters like hewn stones, Polished, like a palace building;

Psalm 51:7

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I am clean; Wash me, and I am whiter than snow.

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, Chief among ten thousand.

Song of Solomon 5:15

His legs are columns of marble Founded on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Leḇ

Daniel 1:15

And at the end of ten days their appearances looked better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the sovereign’s food.

Luke 1:15

“For he shall be great before יהוה, and shall drink no wine and strong drink at all. And he shall be filled with the Set-apart Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Judges 13:5

“For look, you are conceiving and bearing a son. And let no razor come upon his head, for the youth is a Nazirite to Elohim from the womb on. And he shall begin to save Yisra’ĕ

Judges 13:7

“And He said to me, ‘See, you are conceiving and bearing a son. And now, drink no wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean food, for the youth is a Nazirite to Elohim from the womb to the day of his death.’ ”

Judges 16:17

that he made known to her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to Elohim from my mother’s womb. If I were shaven, then my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

1 Samuel 16:12

And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And יהוה  said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is the one!”