Lamentations 5:7
5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
- KJV
- Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
- WEB
- Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
- ASV
- Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
- DARBY
- Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
- BLB
- Our fathers sinned, and [are] no more, and we bear their iniquities.
- ÅB
- Våre fedre har syndet, de er ikke mere; vi bærer deres misgjerninger.
- OTB
- Våre forfedre syndet og er ikke lenger her, men vi bærer konsekvensene av deres feil.
- B1930
- Våre fedre har syndet, de er ikke mere; vi bærer deres misgjerninger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:29
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
Read in contextEzekiel 18:2
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
Read in contextJeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
Read in contextExodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Read in contextMatthew 23:32–36
Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Read in contextGenesis 42:36
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
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