Lamentations 5:12
Strong's Lexicon
Princes
שָׂרִים֙ (śā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8269: 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain 1a) chieftain, leader 1b) vassal, noble, official (under king) 1c) captain, general, commander (military) 1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes) 1e) heads, princes (of religious office) 1f) elders (of representative leaders of people) 1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity) 1h) patron-angel 1i) Ruler of rulers (of God) 1j) warden

have been hung up
נִתְל֔וּ (niṯ·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8518: 1) to hang 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hang 1a1a) to hang up (any object) 1a1b) to put to death by hanging 1b) (Niphal) to be hanged 1c) (Piel) to hang, hang up (for display)

by their hands;
בְּיָדָ֣ם (bə·yā·ḏām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

elders
זְקֵנִ֖ים (zə·qê·nîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2205: 1) old 1a) old (of humans) 1b) elder (of those having authority)

receive no
לֹ֥א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

respect
פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ (neh·dā·rū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1921: 1) to honour, adorn, glorify, be high 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swell 1a1a) swelling (pass participle) 1a2) to honour, pay honour to, show partiality 1a3) to adorn 1a3a) adorned (pass participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be honoured 1c) (Hithpael) to honour oneself, claim honour

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

Young's Literal Translation
Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Princes are hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect .

New American Standard Bible
Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

King James Bible
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

New Living Translation
Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt.

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

New American Standard Bible
Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

King James Bible
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Princes are hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

International Standard Version
Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.

NET Bible
Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.

American Standard Version
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

English Revised Version
Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

Young's Literal Translation
Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
















Cross References
Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Isaiah 47:6
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

Lamentations 4:16
The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 5:11
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

Lamentations 5:10
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

Lamentations 5:9
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

Lamentations 5:13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
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