NET

3 The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands.

Darby

3 And their nobles send their little ones^D5266 for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads.

Darby Bible Notes

ones - Or 'their menials,' as also ch. 48.4.

KJV

3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Strong's

3 And their nobles^H117 have sent^H7971 their little ones^H6810 to the waters^H4325: they came^H935 to the pits^{H1356 H1360}, and found^H4672 no water^H4325; they returned^H7725 with their vessels^H3627 empty^H7387; they were ashamed^H954 and confounded^H3637, and covered^H2645 their heads^H7218.