Parallel LAM 4:2

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BSB  ⇔ How the precious sons of Zion,
⇔ once worth their weight in pure gold,
 ⇔ are now esteemed as jars of clay,
⇔ the work of a potter’s hands!

OEB The children of Zion, the precious,
⇔ Whose worth is as gold,
 ⇔ Count, alas! but as earthenware pitchers,
⇔ The work of the potter.

WEB  ⇔ The precious sons of Zion,
⇔ comparable to fine gold,
 ⇔ how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers,
⇔ the work of the hands of the potter!

NET The precious sons of Zion
 ⇔ were worth their weight in gold –
 ⇔ Alas! – but now they are treated like broken clay pots,
 ⇔ made by a potter.

LSV The precious sons of Zion,
Who are comparable with fine gold,
How they have been reckoned earthen bottles,
Work of the hands of a potter.

FBV Look at how the precious people of Zion, worth their weight in gold, are now valued like cheap clay jars made by a potter!

T4T  ⇔ The young men of Jerusalem were as valuable as [MET] large amounts of gold,
⇔ but now people consider that they are as worthless as ordinary clay pots.

LEB  •  weighed against fine gold, •  how they are thought of as earthen vessels of clay, •  the work of the potter’s hands.

BBE The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!

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JPS The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

ASV The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold,
 ⇔ How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

DRA Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter’s hands?

YLT The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.

DBY The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

RV The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

WBS The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

KJB The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

BB The chyldren of Sion that were alway in honour, and clothed with the most precious golde: howe are they nowe become lyke the earthen vessels, whiche be made with the potters hande?
  (The children of Sion that were alway in honour, and clothed with the most precious golde: how are they now become like the earthen vessels, which be made with the potters hande?)

GNV The noble men of Zion coparable to fine golde, howe are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, euen the worke of the handes of the potter!
  (The noble men of Zion coparable to fine golde, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, even the work of the hands of the potter!)

CB The children of Sion that were allwaye in honoure, & clothed with ye most precious golde: how are they now becomme like the erthen vessels which be made with the potters honde?
  (The children of Sion that were allwaye in honour, and clothed with ye/you_all most precious golde: how are they now becomme like the earthn vessels which be made with the potters honde?)

WYC Beth. The noble sones of Sion, and clothid with the best gold, hou ben thei arettid in to erthene vessels, in to the werk of the hondis of a pottere?
  (Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and clothid with the best gold, how been they arettid in to earthne vessels, in to the work of the hands of a potter?)

LUT Die edlen Kinder Zions, dem Golde gleich geachtet, wie sind sie nun den irdenen Töpfen verglichen, die ein Töpfer macht!
  (The edlen children Zions, to_him Golde gleich geachtet, like are they/she/them now the irdenen Töpfen verglichen, the a Töpfer macht!)

CLV Beth Filii Sion inclyti, et amicti auro primo: quomodo reputati sunt in vasa testea, opus manuum figuli !
  (Beth Filii Sion inclyti, and amicti auro primo: quomodo reputati are in vasa testea, opus manuum figuli !)

BRN Beth. The precious sons of Zion, who were equalled in value with gold, how are they counted as earthen vessels, the works of the hands of the potter!

BrLXX ΒΗΘ. Οἱ υἱοὶ Σιὼν οἱ τίμιοι, οἱ ἐπῃρμένοι ἐν χρυσίῳ, πῶς ἐλογίσθησαν εἰς ἀγγεῖα ὀστράκινα, ἔργα χειρῶν κεραμέως;
  (BAʸTh. Hoi huioi Siōn hoi timioi, hoi epaʸrmenoi en ⱪrusiōi, pōs elogisthaʸsan eis angeia ostrakina, erga ⱪeirōn kerameōs?)