King James Version

Lamentations 4:14

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

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נָע֤וּnavto up and downנוּעַverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “to up and down”, a completed actionH5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).עִוְרִים֙ivrimblindעִוֵּרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “blind”, the ordinary formH5787blind (literally or figuratively)blind (men, people).בַּֽחוּצ֔וֹתbachutsotin abroadחוּץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.נְגֹֽאֲל֖וּnegoalvdefileגָּאַלverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “defile”, a completed actionH1351to soil or (figuratively) desecratedefile, pollute, stain.בַּדָּ֑םbadamin blood , innocentדָּםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.בְּלֹ֣אbeloin no , -r,לֹאpreposition, particle, negative — “in no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יֽוּכְל֔וּyukhelvbe ableיָכֹלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be able”, an unfinished actionH3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.יִגְּע֖וּyigvreachנָגַעverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “reach”, an unfinished actionH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽםbilvusheyhemin garmentלְבוּשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in garment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wifeapparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

Young’s Literal Translation

They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,

World English Bible

They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.

Darby Translation

They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

Douay-Rheims

Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Nun. her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their raiment with it .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΝΟΥΝ. Ἐσαλεύθησαν ἐγρήγοροι αὐτῆς ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις, ἐμολύνθησαν ἐν αἵματι ἐν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς, ἥψαντο ἐνδυμάτων αὐτῶν.