Lamentations 4:10

English Standard Version

10 The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people. (De 28:57; 1Ki 3:26; 2Ki 6:29; Isa 49:15; Jer 19:9) 

New International Version

10 With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed. 

New International Reader’s Version

10 With their own hands, loving mothers have had to cook even their own children. They ate their children when my people were destroyed. 

King James Version

10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 

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