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


In Context

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.

8 Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands.

Lamentations 5:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6To Egypt we have given a hand, To Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.