Lamentations 4:8 Hebrew Word Analysis
| 0 | is blacker | חָשַׁ֤ךְ | h2821 |
| 1 | than a coal | מִשְּׁחוֹר֙ | h7815 |
| 2 | Their visage | תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם | h8389 |
| 3 | | לֹ֥א | h3808 |
| 4 | they are not known | נִכְּר֖וּ | h5234 |
| 5 | in the streets | בַּחוּצ֑וֹת | h2351 |
| 6 | cleaveth | צָפַ֤ד | h6821 |
| 7 | their skin | עוֹרָם֙ | h5785 |
| 8 | | עַל | h5921 |
| 9 | to their bones | עַצְמָ֔ם | h6106 |
| 10 | it is withered | יָבֵ֖שׁ | h3001 |
| 11 | | הָיָ֥ה | h1961 |
| 12 | it is become like a stick | כָעֵֽץ׃ | h6086 |
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.
World English Bible (WEB)
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered -- it hath been as wood.