Verse Comparison: Lamentations 4:1
American Standard Version
How is the gold become dim! `how' is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Amplified® Bible
HOW THE gold has become dim! How the most pure gold has changed! The hallowed stones [of the temple] are poured out at the head of every street.
Contemporary English Version
The purest gold is ruined and has lost its shine; jewels from the temple lie scattered in the streets.
Darby English Version
How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!
Good News Bible
Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets.
King James Version
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
New American Standard Bible
How dark the gold has become, {How} the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street.
New International Version
How the gold has lost its luster,
the fine gold become dull!
The sacred gems are scattered
at the head of every street.
New King James Version
How the gold has become dim!
How changed the fine gold!
The stones of the sanctuary are scattered
At the head of every street.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones have poured out At the corner of every street.
Revised Standard Version
How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
Young's Literal Translation
How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
