Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.
New American Standard Bible
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
King James Version
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Holman Bible
our dancing has turned to mourning.
A Conservative Version
The joy of our heart is ceased, our dance is turned into mourning.
American Standard Version
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Amplified
The joy of our hearts has ended;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
Bible in Basic English
The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.
Darby Translation
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Julia Smith Translation
The joy of our heart ceased; our dance was turned to mourning.
King James 2000
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The joy of our hearts has stopped; our circle-dancing has changed to a mourning ceremony.
Modern King James verseion
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The joy of our heart is gone, our merry query is turned into mourning.
NET Bible
Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.
New Heart English Bible
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.
The Emphasized Bible
Ceased hath the joy of our hearts, Changed to mourning, our dance.
Webster
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
World English Bible
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
Themes
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Interlinear
Leb
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
14 Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music. 15 The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges. 16 The crown has fallen from our head woe to us, because we have sinned!
Names
Cross References
Amos 8:10
I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of a bitter day."
Psalm 30:11
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,
Jeremiah 25:10
I'll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp.
Amos 6:4-7
lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall,
James 4:9-10
Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.