Lamentations 5:13-15

New International Version

¹³Young men toil at the millstones;
    boys stagger under loads of wood.
¹⁴The elders are gone from the city gate;
    the young men have stopped their music.^(A)
¹⁵Joy is gone from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.^(B)

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Lamentations 5:13-15

New American Standard Bible

¹³Young men ^[a]^(A)worked at the grinding mill,
And youths ^(B)staggered under loads of wood.
¹⁴Elders are absent from the gate,
Young men from their ^(C)music.
¹⁵The joy of our hearts has ^(D)ended;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

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Lamentations 5:13 Lit carried the

Lamentations 5:13-15

English Standard Version

¹³Young men are compelled to ^(A)grind at the mill,
    and boys stagger ^(B)under loads of wood.
¹⁴^(C)The old men have left the city gate,
    the young men ^(D)their music.
¹⁵^(E)The joy of our hearts has ceased;
    ^(F)our dancing has been turned to mourning.