New International Version (NIV)
11All her people groan
as they search for bread;
they barter their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.”
Lamentations 1:11
Lamentations 1:11 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
11All her people groan, seeking bread;
They have given their treasures for food
To restore their lives.
“See, Lord, and look,
For I am despised.”
Amplified Bible (AMP)
11All her people groan, seeking bread;
They have exchanged their desirable and precious things for food
To restore their lives.
“See, O Lord, and consider
How despised and repulsive I have become!”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
11All 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
11All 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
11All her people sigh and seeke their bread: they haue giuen their pleasant thinges for meate to refresh the soule: see, O Lord, and consider: for I am become vile.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
11All 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.”
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
11All Jerusalem’s people groan
as they search for bread.
They trade their treasures for food
just to stay alive.
Jerusalem says, “Lord, look at me.
Think about my condition.
Everyone looks down on me.”
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
11All Jerusalem's people cry
as they look for a bit of food to eat.
They have to sell their valuable things
to buy enough food to keep them alive.
The people say, ‘Lord, look at us!
Nobody respects us!’
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
11All her people are sighing—seeking bread, || They have given their desirable things || For food to refresh the body; See, O YHWH, and behold attentively, || For I have been lightly esteemed.