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


In Context

17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim

18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

19 You, O Lord , reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

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

21 Restore us to yourself, O Lord , that we may return; renew our days as of old

22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

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 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 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?