Parallel LAM 4:8

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BSB  ⇔ But now their appearance is blacker than soot;
⇔ they are not recognized in the streets.
 ⇔ Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
⇔ it has become as dry as a stick.

OEB Now blacker than darkness their form–
⇔ On the streets no one knows them:
 ⇔ Their skin is drawn tight on their bones;
⇔ It is dry as a stick.

WEB  ⇔ Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
⇔ They are not known in the streets.
 ⇔ Their skin clings to their bones.
⇔ It is withered.
⇔ It has become like wood.

NET Now their appearance is darker than soot;
 ⇔ they are not recognized in the streets.
 ⇔ Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
 ⇔ it is dried up, like tree bark.

LSV Their face has been darker than blackness,
They have not been known in out-places,
Their skin has cleaved to their bone,
It has withered—it has been as wood.

FBV But now they look blacker than soot; no one recognizes them in the street. Their skin has shrunk to their bones and is as dry as wood.

T4T  ⇔ But now their faces are blacker than soot,
⇔ and no one recognizes them in the streets.
 ⇔ Their skin has shriveled on their bones,
⇔ and it has become as dry as [SIM] a wooden stick.

LEB  • Now their appearance is blacker than soot, they are not recognized in the streets; •  their skin has shriveled on their bones, •  it has become dry like wood.

BBE Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.

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JPS Their visage is blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets; their skin is shrivelled upon their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

ASV Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets:
 ⇔ Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

DRA Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.

YLT Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered — it hath been as wood.

DBY Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.

RV Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

WBS Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

KJB Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

BB But nowe their faces be very blacke, insomuche that thou shouldest not knowe them in the streetes: their skinne cleaueth to their bones, it is withered and become like a drye stocke.
  (But now their faces be very blacke, insomuche that thou/you should not know them in the streetes: their skin cleaueth to their bones, it is withered and become like a drye stocke.)

GNV Nowe their visage is blacker then a cole: they can not knowe them in the streetes: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered like a stocke.
  (Now their visage is blacker then a cole: they cannot know them in the streetes: their skin cleaueth to their bones: it is withered like a stocke.)

CB But now their faces are very black: In so moch, that thou shuldest not knowe them in the stretes. Their skynne cleueth to their bones, It is wythered, and become like a drye stock.
  (But now their faces are very black: In so much, that thou/you shuldest not know them in the stretes. Their skin cleueth to their bones, It is withered, and become like a drye stock.)

WYC Heth. The face of hem was maad blackere than coolis, and thei weren not knowun in stretis; the skyn cleuyde to her boonys, it driede, and was maad as a tre.
  (Heth. The face of them was made blackere than coolis, and they were not known in stretis; the skin cleuyde to her boonys, it driede, and was made as a tre.)

LUT Nun aber ist ihre Gestalt so dunkel vor Schwärze, daß man sie auf den Gassen nicht kennet; ihre Haut hänget an den Beinen, und sind so dürre als ein Scheit.
  (Nun but is ihre Gestalt so dunkel before/in_front_of Schwärze, that man they/she/them on the Gassen not kennet; ihre skin hänget at the Beinen, and are so dürre als a Scheit.)

CLV Heth Denigrata est super carbones facies eorum et non sunt cogniti in plateis; adhæsit cutis eorum ossibus: aruit, et facta est quasi lignum.
  (Heth Denigrata it_is super carbones facies eorum and not/no are cogniti in plateis; adhæsit cutis eorum ossibus: aruit, and facts it_is as_if lignum.)

BRN Heth. Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; they are not known in the streets: their skin has cleaved to their bones; they are withered, they are become as a stick.

BrLXX ΗΘ. Ἐσκότασεν ὑπὲρ ἀσβόλην τὸ εἶδος αὐτῶν, οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθησαν ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις· ἐπάγη δέρμα αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ὀστέα αὐτῶν, ἐξηράνθησαν, ἐγενήθησαν ὥσπερ ξύλον.
  (AʸTh. Eskotasen huper asbolaʸn to eidos autōn, ouk epegnōsthaʸsan en tais exodois; epagaʸ derma autōn epi ta ostea autōn, exaʸranthaʸsan, egenaʸthaʸsan hōsper xulon.)