Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
World English Bible

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