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


In Context

17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.

19 Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.

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

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

22 Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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?