Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands. New Living Translation Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us. English Standard Version Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand. Berean Standard Bible Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands. King James Bible Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. New King James Version Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand. New American Standard Bible Slaves rule over us; There is no one to rescue us from their hand. NASB 1995 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand. NASB 1977 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand. Legacy Standard Bible Slaves rule over us; There is no one to tear us away from their hand. Amplified Bible Servants rule over us; There is no one to rescue us out of their hand. Christian Standard Bible Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from them. Holman Christian Standard Bible Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from their hands. American Standard Version Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Servants are authorized over us and there is none who saves us from their hands Brenton Septuagint Translation Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom us out of their hand. Contemporary English Version Slaves are now our rulers, and there is no one to set us free. Douay-Rheims Bible Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand. English Revised Version Servants rule over us: there is none to deliver us out of their hand. GOD'S WORD® Translation Slaves rule us. There is no one to rescue us from them. Good News Translation Our rulers are no better than slaves, and no one can save us from their power. International Standard Version Slaves rule over us, and no one delivers us from their control. JPS Tanakh 1917 Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us out of their hand. Literal Standard Version Servants have ruled over us, | There is no deliverer from their hand. Majority Standard Bible Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands. New American Bible Servants rule over us, with no one to tear us from their hands. NET Bible Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power. New Revised Standard Version Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hand. New Heart English Bible Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand. Webster's Bible Translation Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. World English Bible Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand. Young's Literal Translation Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Restoration…7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment. 8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands. 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.… Cross References Nehemiah 5:15 The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God. Psalm 7:2 or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. Zechariah 11:6 For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands." Treasury of Scripture Servants have ruled over us: there is none that does deliver us out of their hand. servants Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Deuteronomy 28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? there Job 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. Job 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Psalm 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. Jump to Previous Bondmen Deliver Deliverer Free Hand Hands Rule Ruled Ruling Servants SlavesJump to Next Bondmen Deliver Deliverer Free Hand Hands Rule Ruled Ruling Servants SlavesLamentations 5 1. A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.(8) Servants have ruled over us.--The Chaldaeans, it would seem, added insult to injury, sending as rulers those who had filled menial offices in the courts of their kings. (Comp. Jeremiah 39:3.)Verse 8. - Servants have ruled; rather, slaves. The Babylonians in general might be called slaves, by comparison with the "kingdom of priests" (Exodus 19:6), and the "sons" of Jehovah (Isaiah 45:11; Hosea 1:10). Or the expression may mean that even baseborn hangers on of the conquering host assumed the right to command the defenceless captives. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Slavesעֲבָדִים֙ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5650: Slave, servant rule over us; מָ֣שְׁלוּ (mā·šə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign [there is] no one אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle to deliver us פֹּרֵ֖ק (pō·rêq) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6561: To break off, crunch, to deliver from their hands. מִיָּדָֽם׃ (mî·yā·ḏām) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3027: A hand Links Lamentations 5:8 NIVLamentations 5:8 NLT Lamentations 5:8 ESV Lamentations 5:8 NASB Lamentations 5:8 KJV Lamentations 5:8 BibleApps.com Lamentations 5:8 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 5:8 Chinese Bible Lamentations 5:8 French Bible Lamentations 5:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 5:8 Servants rule over us: There is none (Lam. La Lm) |
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