Lamentations 4:5

The Distress of Zion

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.

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Berean Standard Bible
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
American Standard Version (1901)
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Bible in Basic English
Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Douay-Rheims 1899
He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
Free Bible Version
Those who used to eat gourmet food now die starving in the streets. Those who dressed in fine clothes from their childhood now live in heaps of rubbish.
Geneva Bible 1599
They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.
King James (Authorized) Version
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Translation for Translators
People who previously ate fine food are now starving in the streets; those who previously lived luxuriously [MTY] now paw/dig through rubbish heaps to find some food.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Those who used to feast on the finest food now starve in the streets. Those who were brought up wearing scarlet clothing now lie on piles of ashes.
Noah Webster Bible
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
World English Bible
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
Young's Literal Translation
Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.