NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon They tooknasa' (naw-saw') to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows) the young men bachuwr (baw-khoor') participle passive of 977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective) -- (choice) young (man), chosen, hole. to grind tchown (tekh-one') a hand mill; hence, a millstone -- to grind. and the children na`ar (nah'-ar) babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man). fell kashal (kaw-shal') to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall under the wood `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. King James Bible They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. Holman Christian Standard Bible Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood. International Standard Version Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood. NET Bible The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Our] young men work at the mill, and [our] boys stagger under loads of wood. King James 2000 Bible They took the young men to grind, and the children stagger under loads of wood. Links Lamentations 5:13Lamentations 5:13 NIV Lamentations 5:13 NLT Lamentations 5:13 ESV Lamentations 5:13 NASB Lamentations 5:13 KJV |
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