Lamentations 4:2

ב (Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold – Alas! – but now they are treated like ¹  broken clay pots, made by a potter. ² 

biblegateway Lam 4:2

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

biblegateway Lam 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s hands!

biblegateway Lam 4:2

See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in gold, are now treated like pots of clay.

biblegateway Lam 4:2

And the people of Zion, once prized, far surpassing their weight in gold, Are now treated like cheap pottery, like everyday pots and bowls mass-produced by a potter.

SABDAweb Lam 4:2

The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!

bibleoremus Lam 4:2

The precious children of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold—how they are reckoned as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands!

biblegateway Lam 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter!

biblegateway Lam 4:2

ב (Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold – Alas! – but now they are treated like ¹  broken clay pots, made by a potter. ² 

¹ tn Heb “they are regarded as.”

² tn Heb “the work of the hands of a potter.”