Lamentations 4:14
Strong's Lexicon
They wandered
נָע֤וּ (nā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5128: 1) to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable 1a2) to totter, go tottering 1a2a) vagabond (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be tossed about or around 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to toss about 1c2) to shake, cause to totter 1c3) to shake, disturb 1c4) to cause to wander

blind
עִוְרִים֙ (‘iw·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5787: 1) blind 1a) blind (physically) 1b) blind (fig.)

in the streets,
בַּֽחוּצ֔וֹת (ba·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2351: 1) outside, outward, street, the outside

defiled
נְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (nə·ḡō·’ă·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1351: 1) to defile, pollute, desecrate 1a) (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted 1b) (Piel) to pollute, desecrate 1c)(Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood) 1d) (Hiphil) to pollute, stain 1e) (Hithpael) to defile oneself

by this blood,
בַּדָּ֑ם (bad·dām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1818: 1) blood 1a) of wine (fig.)

so that no
בְּלֹ֣א (bə·lō)
Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

one dared
יֽוּכְל֔וּ (yū·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3201: 1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach 1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor 1a3) to have ability, have strength

to touch
יִגְּע֖וּ (yig·gə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5060: 1) to touch, reach, strike 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to touch 1a2) to strike 1a3) to reach, extend to 1a4) to be stricken 1a4a) stricken (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be stricken, be defeated 1c) (Piel) to strike 1d) (Pual) to be stricken (by disease) 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to touch, reach, approach, arrive 1e1) to cause to touch, apply 1e2) to reach, extend, attain, arrive, come 1e3) to approach (of time) 1e4) to befall (of fate)

their garments.
בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ (bil·ḇu·šê·hem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3830: 1) clothing, garment, apparel, raiment

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

Young's Literal Translation
They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

New American Standard Bible
They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments.

King James Bible
They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.

New Living Translation
They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared touch them.

English Standard Version
They wandered, blind, through the streets; they were so defiled with blood that no one was able to touch their garments.

New American Standard Bible
They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments.

King James Bible
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments."

International Standard Version
people stagger around in the streets like the blind, defiled by blood unclean so that no one is able to touch their clothing.

NET Bible
They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.

American Standard Version
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

English Revised Version
They wander as blind men in the streets, that are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.

Young's Literal Translation
They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without any being able to touch their clothing,
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:28
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

Deuteronomy 28:29
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

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.

Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 59:9
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Jeremiah 26:8
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 4:13
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
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