Lamentations 5:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

KJV

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?so…: Heb. for length of days?

WEB

Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?

ASV

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

LSV

Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!

YLT

Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

DBY

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

DRC

Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

GNV

Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?

JPS

Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

LXXE

Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us, and abandon us a long time?

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Original-language editions

WLC

לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֨צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Ἱνατί εἰς νῖκος ἐπιλήσῃ ἡμῶν, καταλείψεις ἡμᾶς εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
• Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Jeremiah 14:19–21Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror. We…
• Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
• Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
• Isaiah 64:9–12Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people! Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a…
• Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
• Psalms 94:3–4How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
• Psalms 77:7–10“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah…
• Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

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