Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Lamentations 5:4
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Berean Standard Bible
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
King James Version
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
World English Bible
We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
American Standard Version
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Lamentations 5
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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