NET Bible
"Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated."
— Lamentations 5:12, NET Bible
“Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.”
“Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored. ”
“Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.”
“The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.”
“Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.”
“Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.”
At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the wilderness.
Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.
They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.
The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.
The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.
Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.