Lamentations 5:6

In 11 translations

BSB

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

KJV

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

WEB

We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

ASV

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

LSV

[To] Egypt we have given a hand, || [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

YLT

[To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

DBY

We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

DRC

We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.

GNV

We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

JPS

We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;

LXXE

Egypt gave the hand to us, Assur to their own satisfaction.

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WLC

מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

LXX-Br

Αἴγυπτος ἔδωκε χεῖρα, Ἀσσοὺρ εἰς πλησμονὴν αὐτῶν.

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• Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
• Jeremiah 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
• Jeremiah 2:18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
• Genesis 24:2So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
• Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
• Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
• Jeremiah 50:15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she…
• 2 Kings 10:15When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu,…
• Ezekiel 17:18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
• Isaiah 57:9You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
• Isaiah 31:1–3Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. Yet He…
• Jeremiah 44:12–14And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the…
• Isaiah 30:1–6“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. They set out to go down to Egypt without asking…

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