Lamentations 5:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

Young's Literal Translation
Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

King James Bible
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

Hebrew
We must buy
בְּכֶ֣סֶף (bə·ḵe·sep̄)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

the water
מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ (mê·mê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

we drink;
שָׁתִ֔ינוּ (šā·ṯî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

our wood
עֵצֵ֖ינוּ (‘ê·ṣê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

comes
יָבֹֽאוּ׃ (yā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

at a price.
בִּמְחִ֥יר (bim·ḥîr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4242: Price, payment, wages

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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