King James Version

Lamentations 5:4

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

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מֵימֵ֨ינוּ֙meymeynvwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).בְּכֶ֣סֶףbekhesefin moneyכֶּסֶףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).שָׁתִ֔ינוּshatinvbanquetשָׁתָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “banquet”, a completed actionH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)עֵצֵ֖ינוּetseynvtreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.בִּמְחִ֥ירbimchirin priceמְחִירpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in price”, the ordinary formH4242price, payment, wagesgain, hire, price, sold, worth.יָבֹֽאוּyavovto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.

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American Standard Version (1901)

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

Young’s Literal Translation

Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

World English Bible

We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.

Darby Translation

Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.

Douay-Rheims

We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us for a burden on our neck:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὕδωρ ἡμῶν ἐν ἀργυρίῳ ἐπίομεν, ξύλα ἡμῶν ἐν ἀλλάγματι ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον ἡμῶν·