New International Version (NIV)
14Now they grope through the streets
as if they were blind.
They are so defiled with blood
that no one dares to touch their garments.
Lamentations 4:14
Lamentations 4:14 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
14They wandered, blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with blood,
Such that no one could touch their garments.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
14They wandered, blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with blood
So that no one could touch their garments.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
14They wandered blind in the streets,
defiled by this blood,
so that no one dared
to touch their garments.
American Standard Version (ASV)
14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood,
So that men cannot touch their garments.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
14They haue wandred as blinde men in the streetes, and they were polluted with blood, so that they would not touch their garments.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
14They wander as blind men in the streets.
They are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their garments.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
14Now those prophets and priests
have to feel their way along the streets
as if they were blind.
The blood of those they killed has made them “unclean.”
So no one dares to touch their clothes.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
14They walked around in the city's streets
like people who are blind.
There was blood on their clothes
and people were afraid to touch them.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
14They have wandered naked in out-places, || They have been defiled with blood, || Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,