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 10 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.
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
10The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children;
They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
10The hands of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, which were their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
10The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children.
They were 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.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
10Women who had been kind mothers
have now cooked their own children.
Their children became their food,
when enemies were attacking the city.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
10The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, || They have been for food to them, || In the destruction of the daughter of my people.