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Berean Standard Bible

“All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.”

Lamentations 1:11

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

World English Bible (WEB)

All her people sigh. They seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. “Look, Yahweh, and see; for I have become despised.”

King James Version (KJV)

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.

American Standard Version (ASV)

All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: See, O Jehovah, and behold; for I am become abject.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Todo su pueblo buscó su pan suspirando; dieron por la comida todas sus cosas preciosas, para entretener la vida. Mira, oh Jehová, y ve que estoy abatida.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Su pueblo gime buscando pan; han vendido todo lo que tienen por comida para poder sobrevivir: «¡Mira, oh Señor, el lamentable estado en que me encuentro!».

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