Lamentations 4:8

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.

King James Version
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Other Translations for Lamentations 4:8

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.
AKJV
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin sticks to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
CPDV
HETH. Their face has been blacked more than coals, and they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has adhered to their bones; it dried out and became like wood.
ERV
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.
NHEB
They appear darker than soot; they are not known in the streets. Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered and has become as dry as a stick.
SMT
Their form dark above blackness; they were not known in the streets: their skin adhered to their bones; it was dried up, it was as wood.

Commentary for Lamentations 4:8

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Overview of Lamentations 4:8
Summary
Former nobility now unrecognizable from starvation
Place
Streets
Event
Starvation's visible effects
Estimated Time Period
c. 586 BC
Category
Lament