5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.


In Context

2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.

3 We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.

4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.

6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.

Lamentations 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Our pursuers are upon our necks: we are weary, and have no rest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest.