Lamentations 5:13New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under [loads] of wood.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The young men bare the mill, and the children stumbled under the wood.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Young men, a millstone, have lifted, and, youths, under wood, have staggered.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They tooke the young men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The young men grind the mill, and the youths stumble under loads of wood.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The chosen men lifted up [the voice in] weeping, and the youths fainted under the wood.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. |
They took
5375 {5375} Primeנָשָׂאnasa'{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
the young men
970 {0970} Primeבָּחוּרbachuwr{baw-khoor'}
Participle passive of H0977; properly selected, that is, a youth (often collectively).
to grind,
2911 {2911} Primeטְחוֹןt@chown{tekh-one'}
From H2912; a hand mill; hence a millstone.
and the children
5288 {5288} Primeנַעַרna`ar{nah'-ar}
From H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age).
fell
3782 {3782} Primeכָּשַׁלkashal{kaw-shal'}
A primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication to falter, stumble, faint or fall.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
under the wood.
6086 {6086} Primeעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks). |
Lamentations 5:13
_ _ young men ... grind — The work of the lowest female slave was laid on young men (Judges 16:21; Job 31:10).
_ _ children fell under ... wood — Mere children had to bear burdens of wood so heavy that they sank beneath them. |
Lamentations 5:13
Fell — Not being able to stand under the burdens laid upon them. |
Lamentations 5:13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under (g) the wood.
(g) Their slavery was so great, that they were not able to abide it. |
- the young:
Exodus 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Judges 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Job 31:10 [Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Isaiah 47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
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- fell:
Exodus 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Exodus 2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Exodus 23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Nehemiah 5:1-5 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. ... Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Isaiah 58:6 [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Matthew 23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.
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