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


In Context

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.

8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from 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 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 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.