The most popular Bible verses from Lamentations 5

Found 22 Verses

Lamentations 5:6

Bible Rank: 6,674

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. NIV

We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians [merely] to get food to satisfy [our hunger]. AMP

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

Lamentations 5:7

Bible Rank: 8,942

Our parents sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment. NIV

Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities. [Isa. 65:7; Jer. 16:11-12; 31:29; Ezek. 18:2-4.] AMP

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. KJV

Lamentations 5:8

Bible Rank: 10,868

Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands. NIV

Servants and slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hands. [Neh. 5:15.] AMP

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

Lamentations 5:9

Bible Rank: 11,886

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert. NIV

We get our bread at the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness [the wild Arabs, who may attack if we venture into the fields to reap our harvests]. AMP

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. KJV