Lamentations 4:15

Lamentations 4:15 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New 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.”

15“Keep away! Unclean!” 4:15 Or they (other people) cried to themthey 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.”

15“Depart! Unclean!” they cried of themselves.

“Depart, depart, do not touch!”

So they fled and wandered;

Men among the nations said,

“They shall not continue to dwell with us.”

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.”

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.”

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.”