Lamentations 4:8
Lamentations 4:8 The Message (MSG)
But now they are smeared with soot, unrecognizable in the street, Their bones sticking out, their skin dried out like old leather.
Lamentations 4:8 King James Version (KJV)
Their visage is blacker than a coal; They are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; It is withered, it is become like a stick.
Lamentations 4:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood.
Lamentations 4:8 New Century Version (NCV)
But now they are blacker than coal, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin hangs on their bones; it is as dry as wood.
Lamentations 4:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Lamentations 4:8 New International Version (NIV)
But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
Lamentations 4:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now their appearance is blacker than soot; They go unrecognized in the streets; Their skin clings to their bones, It has become as dry as wood.
Lamentations 4:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Their appearance is [now] blacker than soot [because of the prolonged famine]; They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin clings to their bones; It is withered, and it has become [dry] like wood.