3Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers are as widows.


In Context

1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

3 Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers are as widows.

4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

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

Lamentations 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.