Lamentations 1:5
“Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 1:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Ihre Bedränger sind zum Haupte geworden, ihre Feinde sind wohlgemut; denn Jehova hat sie betrübt wegen der Menge ihrer Übertretungen; vor dem Bedränger her sind ihre Kinder in Gefangenschaft gezogen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Sus enemigos han sido hechos cabeza, sus aborrecedores fueron prosperados; porque Jehová la afligió por la multitud de sus rebeliones: sus niños fueron en cautividad delante del enemigo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Seus oponentes estão no comando, seus inimigos prosperam; pois o SENHOR a afligiu por causa das suas muitas transgressões; suas crianças foram em cativeiro adiante do adversário.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Seus adversários tornaram-se seus mestres, seus inimigos prosperam. Yahweh a tem afligido por causa dos seus muitos pecados. Suas crianças pequenas vão ao cativeiro, vão até o seu adversário.
📖 Lamentations 1:5 in Context
3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
7Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
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