New International Version (NIV)
10With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
Lamentations 4:10
Lamentations 4:10 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
10The hands of compassionate women
Boiled their own children;
They became food for them
Due to the destruction of the daughter of my people.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
10The hands of compassionate women
Boiled their own children;
They became food for them
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
10The hands of compassionate women
Boiled their own children;
They became food for them
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Judah].
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
10The hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children,
who became their food
in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
10With their own hands, loving mothers
have had to cook even their own children.
They ate their children
when my people were destroyed.