New International Version (NIV)
4We must buy the water we drink;
our wood can be had only at a price.
Lamentations 5:4
Lamentations 5:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
4 5:4 Lit We drink our water with silverWe have to pay for our drinking water,
Our wood comes to us at a price.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
4We have to pay for our drinking water,
Our wood comes to us at a price.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
4We have to pay for our drinking water;
Our wood comes to us at a price.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
4We must buy the water we drink;
our wood comes at a price.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
4We have to buy the water we drink.
We have to pay for the wood we use.