Lamentations 5:5
“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 5:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Unsere Verfolger sind uns auf dem Nacken; wir ermatten, man läßt uns keine Ruhe.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Persecución padecemos sobre nuestra cerviz: nos cansamos, y no hay para nosotros reposo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Perseguição sofremos sobre nossos pescoços; estamos cansados, mas não temos descanso.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Os que nos perseguem estão próximos de nós; estamos cansados, não encontramos descanso.
📖 Lamentations 5:5 in Context
3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
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