Lamentations 4:10
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordThe hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
— Lamentations 4:10, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.