New International Version (NIV)
3Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.
Lamentations 4:3
Lamentations 4:3 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
3Even jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has proved herself cruel,
Like ostriches in the wilderness.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
3Even the jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become cruel
Like ostriches in the wilderness [that desert their young].
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
3Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like an ostrich in the wilderness.
American Standard Version (ASV)
3Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones:
The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
3Euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
3Even the jackals offer their breast.
They nurse their young ones.
But the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like the ostriches in the wilderness.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
3Even wild dogs
nurse their young pups.
But my people are as mean
as ostriches in the desert.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
3Even jackals feed their babies at their breasts.
But Jerusalem's young women have become cruel.
They are like ostriches
that leave their eggs in the desert.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
3Even dragons have drawn out the breast, || They have suckled their young ones, || The daughter of my people has become cruel, || Like the ostriches in a wilderness.