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Lamentations 4:8

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.

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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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חָשַׁ֤ךְcha.Shakhit is darkH2821 →
מִשְּׁחוֹר֙mi.she.chOrmore than sootH7815 →
תָּֽאֳרָ֔םto.'o.Ramappearance theirH8389 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
נִכְּר֖וּni.ke.Ruthey are recognizedH5234 →
בַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.Tzotin the streetsH2351 →
צָפַ֤דtza.Fadit has shriveledH6821 →
עוֹרָם֙o.Ramskin theirH5785 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
עַצְמָ֔ם'atz.Mambone theirH6106 →
יָבֵ֖שׁya.VeshdryH3002 →
הָיָ֥הha.Yahit has becomeH1961 →
כָעֵֽץ׃ סkha.'Etzlike <the> woodH6086 →

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Lamentations 5:10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.Psalms 102:3–5For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.Psalms 102:5Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.Song of Solomon 1:6Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.Job 30:17–19Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.Job 33:21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!Ruth 1:19–20So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.Joel 2:6Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. SelahLamentations 4:1–2How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.Isaiah 52:14Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—

About Lamentations

People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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