Lamentations 5:7
Strong's Lexicon
Our fathers
אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

sinned
חָֽטְאוּ֙ (ḥā·ṭə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2398: 1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to miss 1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty 1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to bear loss 1b2) to make a sin-offering 1b3) to purify from sin 1b4) to purify from uncleanness 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to miss the mark 1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin 1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way 1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness

[and are] no more,
(וְאֵינָ֔ם) (wə·’ê·nām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

but we
(וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ) (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 587: 1) we (first pers. pl. -usually used for emphasis)

bear
סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ (sā·ḇā·lə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5445: 1) to bear, bear a load, drag oneself along 1a) (Qal) to bear (a load) 1b) (Pual) laden (participle) 1c)(Hithpael) to make oneself a burden, drag oneself along

their punishment.
עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם (‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·hem)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5771: 1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity 1a) iniquity 1b) guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition) 1c) consequence of or punishment for iniquity

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

Young's Literal Translation
Our fathers have sinned—they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.

New American Standard Bible
Our fathers sinned, [and] are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.

King James Bible
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.

New Living Translation
Our ancestors sinned, but they have died--and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!

English Standard Version
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.

New American Standard Bible
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.

King James Bible
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.

International Standard Version
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.

NET Bible
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

American Standard Version
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

English Revised Version
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Young's Literal Translation
Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
















Cross References
Jeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

Jeremiah 16:12
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 5:6
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Lamentations 5:5
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Lamentations 5:4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

Lamentations 5:8
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

Lamentations 5:9
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
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