# Lamentations 4

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 12 | 54.55%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 9 | 40.91%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 1 | 4.55%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 309 | 93.07%
NIV2011 changed words | 23 | 6.93%
NIV2011 removed words | 25 |
NIV2011 added words | 21 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
4:1 | tNIV | How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street. | How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street corner. | How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street corner.
4:2 | tNIV | How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! | How the precious sons children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! | How the precious sons children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
4:5 | NIV2011 | Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those nurtured in purple now lie on ash heaps. | Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those nurtured in purple now lie on ash heaps. | Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those nurtured brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.
4:7 | tNIV | Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires. | Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires lapis lazuli. | Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires lapis lazuli.
4:12 | tNIV | The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the world’s people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem. | The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world’s people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem. | The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world’s people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
4:14 | tNIV | Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments. | Now they grope through the streets like men who are as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments. | Now they grope through the streets like men who are as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.
4:15 | tNIV | “Go away! You are unclean!” men 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.” | “Go away! You are unclean!” men 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.” | “Go away! You are unclean!” men 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.”
4:18 | tNIV | Men stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come. | Men People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come. | Men People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.
4:21 | tNIV | Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked. | Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked. | Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.
4:22 | tNIV | O Daughter of Zion, your punishment will end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O Daughter of Edom, he will punish your sin and expose your wickedness. | O Daughter of Zion, your Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; he will not prolong your exile. But, O Daughter of Edom, he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, and expose your wickedness. | O Daughter of Zion, your Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; he will not prolong your exile. But, O Daughter of Edom, he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, and expose your wickedness.