Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Because of thirst the infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them. New Living Translation The parched tongues of their little ones stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst. The children cry for bread, but no one has any to give them. English Standard Version The tongue of the nursing infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives to them. Berean Standard Bible The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. King James Bible The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. New King James Version The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for thirst; The young children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. New American Standard Bible The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. NASB 1995 The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. NASB 1977 The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. Legacy Standard Bible The tongue of the nursing baby cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The infants ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. Amplified Bible The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for food, But no one gives it to them. Christian Standard Bible The nursing baby’s tongue clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst. Infants beg for food, but no one gives them any. Holman Christian Standard Bible The nursing infant’s tongue clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. American Standard Version The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Daleth The tongue of the infant is stuck to the roof of his palate in thirst. Children asked for bread and there is none who breaks bread, giving it to them Brenton Septuagint Translation DALETH. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, and there is none to break it to them. Contemporary English Version Babies are so thirsty that their tongues are stuck to the roof of the mouth. Children go begging for food, but no one gives them any. Douay-Rheims Bible Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them. English Revised Version The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. GOD'S WORD® Translation The tongues of nursing infants stick to the roofs of their mouths because of their thirst. Little children beg for bread, but no one will break off a piece for them. Good News Translation They let their babies die of hunger and thirst; children are begging for food that no one will give them. International Standard Version The nursing child's tongue cleaves to its palate from thirst. Young children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. JPS Tanakh 1917 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth To the roof of his mouth for thirst; The young children ask bread, And none breaketh it unto them. Literal Standard Version The tongue of a suckling has cleaved to his palate with thirst, | Infants asked for bread, they have no dealer [of it] out. Majority Standard Bible The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. New American Bible The tongue of the infant cleaves to the roof of its mouth in thirst; Children beg for bread, but no one gives them a piece. NET Bible The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel. New Revised Standard Version The tongue of the infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives them anything. New Heart English Bible The nursing infant's tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, but no one gives to them. Webster's Bible Translation The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it to them. World English Bible The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them. Young's Literal Translation Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Distress of Zion…3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness. 4The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. 5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.… Cross References Luke 10:11 Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.' Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. Jeremiah 14:3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. Lamentations 2:12 They cry out to their mothers: "Where is the grain and wine?" as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. Treasury of Scripture The tongue of the sucking child sticks to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them. tongue Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. Psalm 137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. the young Lamentations 1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. Lamentations 2:11,12 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city… Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. Jump to Previous Beg Bread Breaketh Breaks Breast Child Children Cleaved Cleaves Cleaveth Drink Fixed Food Gives Infant Infants Little Mouth Need Nursling Ones Palate Roof Sucking Suckling Thirst Tongue YoungJump to Next Beg Bread Breaketh Breaks Breast Child Children Cleaved Cleaves Cleaveth Drink Fixed Food Gives Infant Infants Little Mouth Need Nursling Ones Palate Roof Sucking Suckling Thirst Tongue YoungLamentations 4 1. Zion bewails her pitiful estate13. She confesses her sins 21. Edom is threatened and Zion comforted. Verse 4. - Breaketh it unto them. The Jewish bread, consisting of round or oval cakes (comp. 1 Kings 19:6). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The nursing infant’sיוֹנֵ֛ק (yō·w·nêq) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3243: To suck, to give milk tongue לְשׁ֥וֹן (lə·šō·wn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 3956: The tongue clings דָּבַ֨ק (dā·ḇaq) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit in thirst בַּצָּמָ֑א (baṣ·ṣā·mā) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6772: Thirst to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the roof of his mouth. חכּ֖וֹ (ḥik·kōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2441: Palate, roof of the mouth, gums Little children עֽוֹלָלִים֙ (‘ō·w·lā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5768: A suckling beg for שָׁ֣אֲלוּ (šā·’ă·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand bread, לֶ֔חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain but no אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle one gives them any. פֹּרֵ֖שׂ (pō·rêś) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse Links Lamentations 4:4 NIVLamentations 4:4 NLT Lamentations 4:4 ESV Lamentations 4:4 NASB Lamentations 4:4 KJV Lamentations 4:4 BibleApps.com Lamentations 4:4 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 4:4 Chinese Bible Lamentations 4:4 French Bible Lamentations 4:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaves (Lam. 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