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Selected Verse: Lamentations 5:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 5:13 |
King James |
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
young men . . . grind--The work of the lowest female slave was laid on young men (Jdg 16:21; Job 31:10).
children fell under . . . wood--Mere children had to bear burdens of wood so heavy that they sank beneath them. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
They took the young men to grind - Or, "The young men" have borne the mill, a menial and laborious task usually performed by slaves (compare Isa 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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Fell - Not being able to stand under the burdens laid upon them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They took the young men to grind - This was the work of female slaves. See the note on Isa 47:2. |
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.