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


In Context

17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,

18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.

19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.

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

21 Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.

22 But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry 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 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?