Lamentations 5:4 - Easy To Read Version

We have to buy the water that we drink.\par We have to pay for the wood that we use.\par

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

We have had to pay money to drink the water that belongs to us; our [own] wood is sold to us.

American Standard Version (1901)

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

Common English Bible

We drink our own water—but for a price; we gather our own wood—but pay for it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.

Lamentations 5:4 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 9:36

And now, we are slaves.\par We are slaves in this land,\par the land you gave our ancestors\par so they could enjoy its fruit and\par all the good things that grow here.\par

Isaiah 3:1

Understand these things I am telling you. The Master, the Lord All-Powerful, will take away all the things Judah and Jerusalem depend on. God will take away all the food and all the water.

Isaiah 55:1

“All you thirsty people,\par Come drink water!\par Don’t worry if you do not have money.\par Come, eat and drink until you are full!\par You do not need money;\par eat and drink until you are full.\par The food and wine cost nothing!\par

Deuteronomy 28:48

So you will serve the enemies that the Lord will send against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, naked, and poor. The Lord will put a load on you that can’t be removed. You will carry that load until he destroys you. [186]