Lamentations 5:13

Lamentations 5:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
• New International Version (NIV)Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.

Context of Lamentations 5:13

11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. 12Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected. Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. 14Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. 15The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:13 word by word

בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Youngבָּחוּרbâchûr bâchûr · youthH970
• workedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• And youthsנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• stumbledכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• of woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:13

• Exodus 11:5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well.
• Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
• Job 31:10May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.
• Isaiah 47:2Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
• Exodus 1:11So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses.
• Exodus 2:11Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
• Exodus 23:5If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.
• Nehemiah 5:1Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
• Isaiah 58:6Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free And break every yoke?
• Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.

Commentaries on Lamentations 5:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13They took the young men to grind - This was the work of female slaves. See the note on Isaiah 47:2.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13They took the young men to grind - Or, “The young men” have borne the mill, a menial and laborious task usually performed by slaves (compare Isaiah 47:2). The children fell under the wood - Or, lads have stumbled under burdens of wood. By lads are meant youths up to the age of military service; another form of menial labor.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17These terrible things happened because the people had sinned (see Isaiah 24:7–12; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Amos 8:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. young men ... grind--The work of the lowest female slave was laid on young men (Jud 16:21; Job 31:10). children fell under ... wood--Mere children had to bear burdens of wood so heavy that they sank beneath them.Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 5:13

• Captive
• Mill
• Patriotism
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Crown
• Persecution
• Acrostic
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

Commentaries on Lamentations 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings