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


In Context

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.

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

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

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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