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The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
World English Bible (WEB)
And their nobles{H117} have sent{H7971}{(H8804)} their little ones{H6810} to the waters{H4325}: they came{H935}{(H8804)} to the pits{H1356}{(H8676)}{H1360}, and found{H4672}{(H8804)} no water{H4325}; they returned{H7725}{(H8804)} with their vessels{H3627} empty{H7387}; they were ashamed{H954}{(H8804)} and confounded{H3637}{(H8717)}, and covered{H2645}{(H8804)} their heads{H7218}.
Strong's King James
And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.
Young's Literal Translation
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