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


In Context

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.

9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.

Lamentations 5:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers have sinned, and they are not; and we bear their iniquities.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers have sinned — they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.