Lamentations 4:14
Lamentations chapter 4 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
Context
v.13It isbecause of the sins of her prophets, andthe iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
v.14This passage
v.15Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
- Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Isaiah 29:10
For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.
- Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- Matthew 15:14
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.