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 6 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.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
3Even jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become 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 jackals4:3 Or serpents or dragons offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like an ostrich 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.