Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Lamentations 4:4 in English Standard Version "The tongue of the nursing infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives to them." Ps 22:15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. La 2:11 My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns; my bile is poured out to the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and babies faint in the streets of the city.