BibleHearthNew International Version (NIV)
15“Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
“Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander about,
people among the nations say,
“They can stay here no longer.”
Lamentations 4:15
Lamentations 4:15 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
15“Keep away! Unclean!” they cried out of themselves.
“Keep away, keep away, do not touch!”
For they distanced themselves as well as wandered;
People among the nations said,
“They shall not continue to reside with us.”
Amplified Bible (AMP)
15People cried to them, “Go away! Unclean!
Depart! Depart! Do not touch!”
So they fled, then they wandered [as fugitives];
People among the nations said,
“They shall not stay here any longer with us.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
15“Go away! Unclean!”
men shouted at them.
“Away, away! Do not touch us!”
So they fled and wandered.
Among the nations it was said,
“They can stay here no longer.”
American Standard Version (ASV)
15Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
15But they cried vnto them, Depart, ye polluted, depart, depart, touch not: therefore they fled away, and wandered: they haue sayd among the heathen, They shall no more dwell there.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
15“Go away!” they cried to them.
“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
“They can’t live here any more.”
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
15“Go away! You are ‘unclean’!”
people cry out to them.
“Go away! Get out of here!
Don’t touch us!”
So they run away and wander around.
Then people among the nations say,
“They can’t stay here anymore.”
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
15People shouted at them, ‘Go away! You are unclean!
Go away! Do not touch us!’
So they went away to look for homes in other places.
But foreign nations said, ‘They cannot stay here with us!’
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
15“Turn aside—unclean,” they called to them, || “Turn aside, turn aside, do not touch,” || For they fled—indeed, they have wandered, || They have said among nations: “They do not add to sojourn.”