Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest. New Living Translation Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest. English Standard Version Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest. Berean Standard Bible We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest. King James Bible Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. New King James Version They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest. New American Standard Bible Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, we are given no rest. NASB 1995 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. NASB 1977 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. Legacy Standard Bible Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out; there is no rest for us. Amplified Bible Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. Christian Standard Bible We are closely pursued; we are tired, and no one offers us rest. Holman Christian Standard Bible We are closely pursued; we are tired, and no one offers us rest. American Standard Version Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They came for our necks; we were persecuted and we labor and we have no rest Brenton Septuagint Translation we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest. Contemporary English Version We are terribly mistreated; we are worn out and can find no rest. Douay-Rheims Bible We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us. English Revised Version Our pursuers are upon our necks: we are weary, and have no rest. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Our enemies] are breathing down our necks. We are worn out [and] not permitted to rest. Good News Translation Driven hard like donkeys or camels, we are tired, but are allowed no rest. International Standard Version Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us. JPS Tanakh 1917 To our very necks we are pursued; We labour, and have no rest. Literal Standard Version For our neck we have been pursued, | We have labored—there has been no rest for us. Majority Standard Bible We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest. New American Bible With a yoke on our necks, we are driven; we are worn out, but allowed no rest. NET Bible We are pursued--they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest. New Revised Standard Version With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest. New Heart English Bible Our pursuers are on our necks; we are weary, and have no rest. Webster's Bible Translation Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest. World English Bible Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest. Young's Literal Translation For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Restoration…4We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. 5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest. 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.… Cross References Nehemiah 9:36 So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness--here we are as slaves! Nehemiah 9:37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress. Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Babylon's thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames." Micah 2:3 Therefore this is what the LORD says: "I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity. Treasury of Scripture Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest. our necks are under persecution. Lamentations 1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. Lamentations 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Deuteronomy 28:48,65,66 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee… labour Nehemiah 9:36,37 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: … Jump to Previous Attackers Driven Find Hard Heels Labour Neck Necks Overcome Persecution Pursue Pursued Pursuers Rest Weariness Weary Worn YokeJump to Next Attackers Driven Find Hard Heels Labour Neck Necks Overcome Persecution Pursue Pursued Pursuers Rest Weariness Weary Worn YokeLamentations 5 1. A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.(5) Our necks are under persecution.--Better, were under pursuit: i.e., the enemies were pressing close on them, always, as in our English phrase, at their very heels.Verse 5. - Our necks are under persecution. Persecution is here compared to a yoke. But this rendering and explanation hardly suit the phrase, which rather means, "We are pursued close upon our necks." The harassing conduct of the Babylonian conquerors is compared to the pursuit of a foe fast gaining upon a fugitive. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew We are closelyעַ֤ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against pursued; נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ (nir·dā·p̄ə·nū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute we are weary יָגַ֖עְנוּ (yā·ḡa‘·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil [and find] no וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no rest. הֽוּנַ֖ח (hū·naḥ-) Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down Links Lamentations 5:5 NIVLamentations 5:5 NLT Lamentations 5:5 ESV Lamentations 5:5 NASB Lamentations 5:5 KJV Lamentations 5:5 BibleApps.com Lamentations 5:5 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 5:5 Chinese Bible Lamentations 5:5 French Bible Lamentations 5:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 5:5 Our pursuers are on our necks: We (Lam. La Lm) |
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