Verse List for LAM 5:5

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔  We’re driven hard with the yoke on our necks. ⇔ We work hard, yet never get any rest.

OET-LV At neck _of_our we _have _been _pursued we _have _become _weary wwww[fn] it _has _been _given _rest[fn][fn][fn] to/for_us.

ULT We are pursued on our necks; ⇔  we are weary, and rest is not given to us.

UST Our enemies chase us and never let up; ⇔  we are exhausted, but they do not let us rest.

BSB & MSB We are closely pursued; ⇔  we are weary [and find] no rest.

OEB No OEB LAM book available

WEBBE & WMBB Our pursuers are on our necks. ⇔  We are weary, and have no rest.

NET We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; ⇔ we are weary and have no rest.

LSV For our neck we have been pursued,
We have labored—there has been no rest for us.

FBV Like animals we're driven along with harnesses around our necks;[fn] we're worn out but don't find any rest.

T4T It is as though those who pursue us are at our heels; ⇔  we are exhausted, but they do not allow us to rest.

LEB • We are driven on our necks;
• we are weary, there is no rest for us.

BBE Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.

Moff but they have borne hard on us, ⇔  we toil and get no rest.

JPS To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.

ASV Our pursuers are upon our necks: ⇔ We are weary, and have no rest.

DRA We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.

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

Drby Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.

RV Our pursuers are upon our necks: we are weary, and have no rest.

SLT Upon our necks were we pursued: we labored and no rest to us.

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

KJB-1769 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]Our neckes are vnder persecution: we labour and haue no rest.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Our neckes are vnder persecution, we are weery and haue no rest.
(Our necks are under persecution, we are weary and have no rest.)

Gnva Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
(Our necks are under persecution: we are weary, and have no rest.)

Cvdl Oure neckes are vnder persecucion, we are weery, and haue no rest.
(Our necks are under persecution, we are weery, and have no rest.)

Wycl We weren dryuun bi oure heedis, and reste was not youun to feynt men.
(We were driven by our heads, and rest was not given to feynt men.)

Luth Man treibt uns über Hals, und wenn wir schon müde sind, läßt man uns doch keine Ruhe.
(They drives us/to_us/ourselves above neck/throat, and when we/us already tired are, lets man us/to_us/ourselves though/but no rest/silence.)

ClVg Cervicibus nostris minabamur, lassis non dabatur requies.
(Cervicibus ours minabamur, lassis not/no gaveur rest/repose.)

UHB עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֨⁠נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לא [fn] הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽ⁠נוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX ἐδιώχθημεν, ἐκοπιάσαμεν, οὐκ ἀνεπαύθημεν.

BrTr we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest.