New International Version (NIV)
5Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple
now lie on ash heaps.
Lamentations 4:5
Lamentations 4:5 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
5Those who used to eat delicacies
Are made to tremble in the streets;
Those who were raised in crimson clothing
Embrace garbage heaps.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
5Those who ate delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those reared in purple
Embrace ash pits.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
5Those who feasted on delicacies
Are perishing in the streets;
Those reared in purple [as nobles]
Embrace ash heaps.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
5Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets;
those brought up in crimson
huddle in ash heaps.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
5Those who once ate fine food
are dying in the streets.
Those who wore royal clothes
are now lying on piles of trash.