20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?


In Context

17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

19 Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

Lamentations 5:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Why do you forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?