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BrLXX ΑΛΕΦ. Πῶς ἀμαυρωθήσεται χρυσίον, ἀλλοιωθήσεται τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἀγαθόν; ἐξεχύθησαν λίθοι ἅγιοι ἐπʼ ἀρχῆς πασῶν ἐξόδων.
(ALEF. Pōs amaurōthaʸsetai ⱪrusion, alloiōthaʸsetai to argurion to agathon; exeⱪuthaʸsan lithoi hagioi epʼ arⱪaʸs pasōn exodōn. )

BrTr Aleph. How will the gold be tarnished, and the fine silver changed! the sacred stones have been poured forth at the top of all the streets.

ULT O how the gold is tarnished; the pure gold has changed.
⇔ The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street.

UST Previously our people were like pure gold,
⇔ but now they are worthless.
⇔ Just as our enemies have scattered the sacred stones in the temple,
⇔ so they have also scattered our young men.

BSB ⇔ How [fn] the gold has become tarnished,
⇔ the pure gold has become dull!
⇔ The gems of the temple lie scattered
⇔ on every street corner.

4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

OEB Alas! How bedimmed is the gold,
⇔ The most pure gold.
⇔ The jewels, so sacred, lie scattered
⇔ At every street corner.

WEBBE How the gold has become dim!
⇔ The most pure gold has changed!
⇔ The stones of the sanctuary are poured out
⇔ at the head of every street.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Alas! Gold has lost its luster;
⇔ pure gold loses value.
⇔ Jewels are scattered
⇔ on every street corner.

LSV [ALEPH-BET] How the gold has become dim,
Changed the best—the pure gold! Stones of the sanctuary are poured out
At the head of all out-places.

FBV How gold has tarnished! Even pure gold has lost its shine! Jewels from the Temple[fn] have been scattered on every street corner.

4:1 “Jewels from the Temple”: literally, “holy stones.” These could also refer to the stones from which the Temple was constructed, but in the context of things of value it seems more likely that they refer to the jewels used to decorate the Temple, or even those from the High Priest's clothing.

T4T Previously our people were like [MET] pure gold,
⇔ but now they are worthless.
⇔ Like [MET] the sacred stones in the temple have been scattered,
⇔ our young men have been scattered.

LEB No LEB LAM 4:1 verse available

BBE How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

Moff No Moff LAM book available

JPS How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The hallowed stones are poured out at the head of every street.

ASV How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed!
⇔ The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

DRA Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed, the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?

YLT How is the gold become dim, Changed the best — the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.

Drby How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!

RV How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street.

Wbstr How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

KJB-1769 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

KJB-1611 ¶ How is the gold become dimme! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuarie are powred out in the top of euery streete.
(¶ How is the gold become dimme! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuarie are poured out in the top of every street.)

Bshps O howe is the golde become so dimme? howe is the most fine golde so sore chaunged? and the stones of the sanctuarie thus scattered in the corner of euery streete?
(O how is the gold become so dimme? how is the most fine gold so sore chaunged? and the stones of the sanctuarie thus scattered in the corner of every street?)

Gnva How is the golde become so dimme? the most fine golde is changed, and the stones of the Sanctuarie are scattered in the corner of euery streete.
(How is the gold become so dimme? the most fine gold is changed, and the stones of the Sanctuarie are scattered in the corner of every street. )

Cvdl O how is the golde become so dymme? How is the goodly coloure of it so sore chaunged? and the stones of ye Sanctuary thus scatred in the corner of euery strete?
(O how is the gold become so dymme? How is the goodly coloure of it so sore chaunged? and the stones of ye/you_all Sanctuary thus scattered in the corner of every street?)

Wycl Aleph. How is gold maad derk, the beste colour is chaungid? the stonys of the seyntuarie ben scaterid in the heed of alle stretis.
(Aleph. How is gold made derk, the beste colour is chaungid? the stonys of the seyntuarie been scaterid in the head of all stretis.)

Luth Wie ist das Gold so gar verdunkelt und das feine Gold so häßlich worden, und liegen die Steine des Heiligtums vorne auf allen Gassen zerstreuet!
(How is the Gold so even verdunkelt and the feine Gold so häßlich worden, and lie/lay the Steine the Heiligtums vorne on all Gassen zerstreuet!)

ClVg [Aleph Quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color optimus ! dispersi sunt lapides sanctuarii in capite omnium platearum !
([Aleph Quomodo obscuratum it_is aurum, mutatus it_is color optimus ! dispersi are lapides sanctuarii in capite omnium platearum ! )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

A new poem begins. (See also: figs-parallelism and figs-metaphor)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) The gold has become tarnished; how the purest gold has changed

(Some words not found in UHB: how grown_dim gold changed the,gold the,pure scattered stones sacred in/on/at/with,head all/each/any/every street )

The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as if they were gold that is no longer shiny, and therefore no longer valuable. Alternate translation: “The people of Jerusalem are like gold that is no longer shiny. They are like pure gold that is no longer beautiful”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

(Occurrence 0) how the purest gold has changed

(Some words not found in UHB: how grown_dim gold changed the,gold the,pure scattered stones sacred in/on/at/with,head all/each/any/every street )

This is an exclamation that shows the author’s sadness that this has happened.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street

(Some words not found in UHB: how grown_dim gold changed the,gold the,pure scattered stones sacred in/on/at/with,head all/each/any/every street )

This may refer to the temple being destroyed and its stones scattered throughout the city. It may also be a metaphor for the people being scattered.

(Occurrence 0) at the corner of every street

(Some words not found in UHB: how grown_dim gold changed the,gold the,pure scattered stones sacred in/on/at/with,head all/each/any/every street )

Alternate translation: “wherever the streets come together” or “by all the roads”

Parallel LAM 4:1

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