Verse Comparison: Lamentations 4:13
American Standard Version
`It is' because of the sins of her prophets, `and' the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
Amplified® Bible
[But this happened] because of the sins of her [false] prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the just {and} righteous in the midst of her.
Contemporary English Version
Jerusalem was punished because her prophets and her priests had sinned and caused the death of innocent victims.
Darby English Version
[It is] for the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.
Good News Bible
But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.
King James Version
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
New American Standard Bible
Because of the sins of her prophets {And} the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous;
New International Version
But it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
who shed within her
the blood of the righteous.
New King James Version
Because of the sins of her prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who shed in her midst
The blood of the just.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous;
Revised Standard Version
This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
Young's Literal Translation
Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
