Lamentations 5 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־ הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ [הביט] (הַבִּ֖יטָה) וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־ חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃	Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!	Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
2	נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3	יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ [אין] (וְאֵ֣ין) אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃	We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.	We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4	מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃	We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.	We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5	עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ [לא] (וְלֹ֥א) הֽוּנַ֖ח‪‬ לָֽנוּ׃	Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest.	Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6	מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃	We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough.	We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7	אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ [אינם] (וְאֵינָ֔ם) [אנחנו] (וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ) עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃	Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.	Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
8	עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃	Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.	Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
9	בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃	We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.	We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10	עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃	Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.	Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
11	נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃	Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.	Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12	שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃	Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.	Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
13	בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃	Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood.	Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14	זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃	The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.	The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15	שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃	The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.	Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16	נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־ נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃	The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!	The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17	עַל־ זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־ אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃	For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,	Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
18	עַ֤ל הַר־ צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־ בֽוֹ׃ פ	for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.	for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
19	אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃	But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.	You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
20	לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃	Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?	Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
21	הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ [ונשוב] (וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה) חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃	Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old—	Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
22	כִּ֚י אִם־ מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־ מְאֹֽד׃	unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us.	unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
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Lamentations 5 Parallel Bible Translations