LAM 1:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Yerushalem remembers the days of her suffering and her homelessness,
⇔ all her treasures which were from former days.
⇔ When her people fell into the hand of the enemy and there was no one to help her,
⇔ her enemies saw her—they laughed over her destruction.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX ΖΑΙΝ. Ἐμνήσθη Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἡμερῶν ταπεινώσεως αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπωσμῶν αὐτῆς· πάντα τὰ ἐπιθυμήματα αὐτῆς ὅσα ἦν ἐξ ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων, ἐν τῷ πεσεῖν τὸν λαὸν αὐτῆς εἰς χεῖρας θλίβοντος, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν αὐτῇ. ἰδόντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῆς, ἐγέλασαν ἐπὶ κατοικεσίᾳ αὐτῆς.
(ZAIN. Emnaʸsthaʸ Hierousalaʸm haʸmerōn tapeinōseōs autaʸs, kai apōsmōn autaʸs; panta ta epithumaʸmata autaʸs hosa aʸn ex haʸmerōn arⱪaiōn, en tōi pesein ton laon autaʸs eis ⱪeiras thlibontos, kai ouk aʸn ho boaʸthōn autaʸ. idontes hoi eⱪthroi autaʸs, egelasan epi katoikesia autaʸs. )

BrTr Zain. Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction, and her rejection; she thought on all her desirable things which were from the days of old, when her people fell into the hands of the oppressor, and there was none to help her: when her enemies saw it they laughed at her habitation.

ULT Jerusalem remembers the days of her affliction and her homelessness,
⇔ all her treasures which were from former days.
⇔ When her people fell into the hand of the adversary and there was no one to help her,
⇔ the adversaries saw her. They laughed over her destruction.

UST We, the people of Jerusalem, are sad and have no more homes to live in;
⇔ we think about all the splendid things that once filled our city.
⇔ But now our enemies have captured the city,
⇔ and there is no one to help us.
⇔ Our enemies destroyed our city
⇔ and laughed while they were doing it.

BSB In the days of her affliction and wandering
⇔  Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
⇔  that were hers in days of old.
⇔  When her people fell into enemy hands
⇔  she received no help
⇔  Her enemies looked upon her,
⇔  laughing at her downfall.

MSB In the days of her affliction and wandering
⇔  Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
⇔  that were hers in days of old.
⇔  When her people fell into enemy hands
⇔  she received no help
⇔  Her enemies looked upon her,
⇔  laughing at her downfall.

OEB Jerusalem calleth to mind
⇔ The days of her travail,
⇔ When into the hands of the foemen
⇔ Her people fell helpless.
⇔ The mocking foe feasted his eyes
⇔ On her sore desolation.

WEBBE ⇔ Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries
⇔ all her pleasant things that were from the days of old;
⇔ when her people fell into the hand of the adversary,
⇔ and no one helped her.
⇔ The adversaries saw her.
⇔ They mocked at her desolations.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Jerusalem remembers,
⇔ when she became a poor homeless person,
⇔ all her treasures
⇔ that she owned in days of old.
⇔ When her people fell into an enemy’s grip,
⇔ none of her allies came to her rescue.
⇔ Her enemies gloated over her;
⇔ they sneered at her downfall.

LSV Jerusalem has remembered
[In] the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old,
In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary,
And she has no helper; Adversaries have seen her,
They have laughed at her cessation.

FBV As she wanders around in her misery, Jerusalem thinks back to all the wonderful things she once had in the old days. When her enemies conquered her people, she didn't receive any help. Her enemies gloated over her, and laughed at her downfall.

T4T ⇔ The people of Jerusalem are sad and scattered,
⇔ and they think about the previous greatness of the city.
⇔ But now our enemies have captured the city,
⇔ and there is no one to help the people.
⇔ Our enemies destroyed the city
⇔ and laughed while they were doing that.

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BBE Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.

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JPS Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her anguish all her treasures that she had from the days of old; now that her people fall by the hand of the adversary, and none doth help her, the adversaries have seen her, they have mocked at her desolations.

ASV Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old:
⇔ When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her,
⇔ The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.

DRA Zain. Jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction, and prevarication of all her desirable things which she had from the days of old, when her people fell in the enemy’s hand, and there was no helper: the enemies have seen her, and have mocked at her sabbaths.

YLT Remembered hath Jerusalem [In] the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.

Drby In the days of her affliction and of her wanderings, since her people fell into the hand of an adversary, and none did help her, Jerusalem remembereth all her precious things which she had in the days of old: the adversaries have seen her, they mock at her ruin.

RV Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, the adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
(Yerusalem remembereth/remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, the adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations. )

SLT Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction and her wanderings, all her delights which were from the days of old in the falling of her people into the hand of the enemy, and none helping for her: the adversaries saw her; they laughed at her calamities.

Wbstr Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her, and mocked at her sabbaths.

KJB-1769 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.[fn]
(Yerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. )

1.7 pleasant: or, desirable

KJB-1611 Ierusalem remembred in the dayes of her affliction, and of her miseries, all her [fn]pleasant things that she had in the dayes of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemie, and none did helpe her, the aduersaries saw her, and did mocke at her Sabbaths.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

1:7 Or, desireable.

Bshps No Bshps LAM book available

Gnva Ierusalem remembred the dayes of her affliction, and of her rebellion, and all her pleasant things, that shee had in times past, when her people fell into the hande of the enemie, and none did helpe her: the aduersarie sawe her, and did mocke at her Sabbaths.
(Yerusalem remembered the days of her affliction, and of her rebellion, and all her pleasant things, that she had in times past, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversary saw her, and did mock at her Sabbaths. )

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ClVg Zain Recordata est Jerusalem dierum afflictionis suæ, et prævaricationis, omnium desiderabilium suorum, quæ habuerat a diebus antiquis, cum caderet populus ejus in manu hostili, et non esset auxiliator: viderunt eam hostes, et deriserunt sabbata ejus.
(Zain Recordata it_is Yerusalem days of_affliction his_own, and transgressedonis, of_all desiderabilium of_his_own, which had_had from days ancient, when/with caderet the_people his in/into/on by_hand hostili, and not/no was auxiliator: they_saw her enemies, and deriserunt sabbaths his. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) In the days of her affliction and her homelessness

(Some words not found in UHB: remembers Yerushalayim days_of affliction_of,her and,wandering_of,her all precious_things_of,her which/who they_were in,days_of old in/on/at/with,fell people_of,her in/on/at/with,hand_of enemy and,no help to/for=her/it saw,her enemies mocked on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in downfall_of,her )

Alternate translation: “During the time of her affliction and her homelessness”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Jerusalem will call to mind

Here “Jerusalem” refers to the people who live there. The phrase “call to mind” is an idiom. Alternate translation: “the people of Jerusalem will remember” or “Jerusalem will remember” (See also: figs-idiom)

(Occurrence 0) precious treasures

This refers to their valuable possessions.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) in former days

“in the past.” This refers to the time before the people of Jerusalem were captured. Alternate translation: “before this disaster happened”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) When her people fell into the hand of the adversary

Here the word “hand” refers the control of the enemy army. Alternate translation: “When the adversary conquered and captured her people”

(Occurrence 0) saw her and laughed at her destruction

This means that they were glad and mocked Jerusalem when it was destroyed.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) at her destruction

This word “destruction” can be expressed as a verb. Alternate translation: “because she was destroyed” or “while they destroyed her”

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