What does Lamentations 4:15 mean?
ESV: “Away! Unclean!” people cried at them. “Away! Away! Do not touch!” So they became fugitives and wanderers; people said among the nations, “They shall stay with us no longer.”
NIV: Go away! You are unclean!' people cry to them. 'Away! Away! Don't touch us!' When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, 'They can stay here no longer.'
NASB: 'Keep away! Unclean!' they cried out of themselves. 'Keep away, keep away, do not touch!' For they distanced themselves as well as wandered; People among the nations said, 'They shall not continue to reside with us.'
CSB: "Stay away! Unclean! " people shouted at them. "Away, away! Don't touch us! " So they wandered aimlessly. It was said among the nations, "They can stay here no longer."
NLT: 'Get away!' the people shouted at them. 'You’re defiled! Don’t touch us!' So they fled to distant lands and wandered among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.
KJV: They 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.
NKJV: They cried out to them, “Go away, unclean! Go away, go away, Do not touch us!” When they fled and wandered, Those among the nations said, “They shall no longer dwell here.
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