Lamentations 4:4

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴The nursing infant’s tongue
clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.^(A)
Little children beg for bread,
but no one gives them any.

Lamentations 4:4

New International Version

⁴Because of thirst^(A) the infant’s tongue
sticks to the roof of its mouth;^(B)
the children beg for bread,
but no one gives it to them.^(C)

⁴The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)