Lamentations 5:5

In 11 translations

BSB

We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

KJV

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.Our…: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted

WEB

Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.

ASV

Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

LSV

For our neck we have been pursued, || We have labored—there has been no rest for us.

YLT

For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.

DBY

Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.

DRC

We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.

GNV

Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.

JPS

To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.

LXXE

we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֨נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לא הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽנוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): וְלֹ֥אMarks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

ἐδιώχθημεν, ἐκοπιάσαμεν, οὐκ ἀνεπαύθημεν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
• Nehemiah 9:36–37So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves! Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule…
• Jeremiah 27:11–12But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.” And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the…
• Jeremiah 28:14For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him…
• Deuteronomy 28:48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
• Jeremiah 27:8As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have…
• Jeremiah 27:2This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
• Deuteronomy 28:65–66Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul. So your life will hang in doubt…
• Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Acts 15:10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
• Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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