Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Lamentations 5:10
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Berean Standard Bible
Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
King James Version
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
World English Bible
Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
American Standard Version
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Lamentations 5
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
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