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


In Context

3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

4 We have drank our water for money; our wood is sold to us.

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

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

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

8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough 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 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.