Lamentations 4:2

English Standard Version

2 The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands! (Ps 19:10; Jer 19:11) 

New International Version

2 How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! 

New International Reader’s Version

2 The priceless children of Zion were worth their weight in gold. But now they are thought of as clay pots made by the hands of a potter. 

King James Version

2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 

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