Lamentations 5:5
World English Bible (WEB)
Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
In context
3 We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
4 We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
5 Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
Lamentations 5:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
- KJV King James Version
- Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest.