Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, instead of obeying Me.

Jeremiah 31:29
"In those days, it will no longer be said: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and this has set the children's teeth on edge.'

Ezekiel 18:2
"What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: 'The fathers eat sour grapes, but the children's teeth are set on edge'?

Matthew 23:32-36
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' sins. . . .

and are

Genesis 42:13, 36
But they answered, "Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more." . . .

Job 7:8, 21
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. . . .

Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing consolation, because they are no more."

Zechariah 1:5
Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.

King James Bible
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.

International Standard Version
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.

NET Bible
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
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