Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long?
New American Standard Bible
Why do You forsake us
King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Holman Bible
abandoned us for our entire lives?
A Conservative Version
Why do thou forget us forever, [and] forsake us so long time?
American Standard Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
Amplified
Why do You forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us so long?
Bible in Basic English
Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
Darby Translation
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore wilt thou forget us forever? wilt thou forsake us to length of days?
King James 2000
Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why have you forgotten us forever? Why have you forsaken us {for so long}?
Modern King James verseion
Why do You forget us forever and forsake us the length of days?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore wilt thou still forget us, and forsake us so long?
NET Bible
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
New Heart English Bible
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore shouldst thou perpetually forget us? forsake us, to length of days?
Webster
Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
World English Bible
Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?
Youngs Literal Translation
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
Interlinear
Netsach
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
19 You, LORD, are forever your throne endures from generation to generation. 20 So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long? 21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, so that we may return. Renew our days as before,
Cross References
Psalm 13:1
How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Psalm 44:24
Why are you hiding your face? Why are you ignoring our affliction and oppression?
Psalm 74:1
Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.
Psalm 77:7-10
Will the Lord reject me forever and not show favor again?
Psalm 79:5
How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 85:5
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger from generation to generation?
Psalm 89:46
How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?
Psalm 94:3-4
How long will the wicked, LORD, how long will the wicked continue to triumph?
Isaiah 64:9-12
Don't be angry beyond measure, LORD, and don't remember our iniquity for a season. Please look now, we are all your people.
Jeremiah 14:19-21
Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us, so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but no good came, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.