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.
‖They haue wandred as blind men in the streetes, they haue polluted themselues with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, in that they could not but touch.
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- Isaiah 1:15Rank 1 from verse 14
15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
15And when ye spread foorth your *handes, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when yee †make many prayers I will not heare: your hands are full of *†blood.
- Jeremiah 2:34Rank 2 from verse 14
- Deuteronomy 28:28–29Rank 3 from verse 14
28The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
28The LORD shall smite thee with madnesse, and blindnesse, and astonishment of heart.
29And thou shalt grope at noone dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes, and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies: and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue thee.
- Isaiah 56:10Rank 4 from verse 14
- Numbers 19:16Rank 5 from verse 14
16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
16And whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.
- Ephesians 4:18Rank 6 from verse 14
18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
18Hauing the vnderstanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the *‖blindnesse of their heart:
- Isaiah 29:10–12Rank 8 from verse 14
10For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
10†For the LORD hath powred out vpon you the spirit of deepe sleepe, and hath closed your eyes: the Prophets and your rulers, the Seers hath hee couered.
11‖And the vsion of all is become vnto you, as the wordes of a booke that is sealed, which men deliuer to one that is learned, saying, Reade this, I pray thee: and hee saith, I cannot, for it is sealed.
12And the booke is deliuered to him that is not learned, saying, Reade this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
- Isaiah 59:9–11Rank 9 from verse 14
9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
9¶ Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doth iustice ouertake vs: we waite for light, but behold obscuritie, for brightnesse, but we walke in darknesse.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eies: we stumble at noone day as in the night, we are in desolate places as dead men.
11We roare all like beares, and mourne sore like doues: we looke for iudgement, but there is none; for saluation, but it is farre off from vs.
- Matthew 15:14Rank 10 from verse 14
- Micah 3:6–7Rank 11 from verse 14
6Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
6††Therefore night shall be vnto you, that yee shall not haue a vision, and it shall be darke vnto you, that yee shall not diuine, and the Sunne shall goe downe ouer the Prophets, and the day shall be darke ouer them.
7†Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diuiners confounded: yea, they shall all couer their lips; for there is no answere of God.
- Numbers 35:33Rank 12 from verse 14
33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
33So ye shall not pollute the lande wherein ye are: for blood, it defileth the land: and the †land cannot bee cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
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Lamentations 4:14
Past-tense or past-participial form of wander. Sense 1: To move or roam without a settled course. Sense 2: Figuratively, to stray from a right way, command, or allegiance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: Unable to see with the eyes, or unable or unwilling to perceive, understand, or judge. Sense 2: A person or persons unable to see, as in ‘the blind’. Sense 3: To make unable to see or judge, or to obscure or hinder sight or judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pollute, meaning to defile, make unclean, or profane.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Articles of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.
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4:13¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
4:13¶ *For the sinnes of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middest of her:
4:14They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
4:14‖They haue wandred as blind men in the streetes, they haue polluted themselues with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Selected passage4:15They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
4:15‖They cryed vnto them; Depart yee, it is vncleane, depart, depart, touch not, when they fled away and wandred: they said among the heathen, They shall no more soiourne there.
4:16The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
4:16‖The anger of the LORD hath diuided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they fauoured not the elders.
4:17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
4:17As for vs, our eyes as yet failed for our vaine helpe: in our watching we haue watched for a nation that could not saue vs.
4:18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
4:18They hunt our steps that we cannot goe in our streets: our end is neere, our dayes are fulfilled, for our ende is come.
4:19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
4:19Our persecutours are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, they laide waite for vs in the wildernesse.
4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
4:20*The breath of our nostrels, the anointed of the LORD was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadowe we shall liue among the heathen.