Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.
New American Standard Bible
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
King James Version
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Holman Bible
but we bear their punishment.
A Conservative Version
Our fathers sinned, and are not, and we have borne their iniquities.
American Standard Version
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
Amplified
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
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Bible in Basic English
Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.
Darby Translation
Our fathers have sinned, and they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
Julia Smith Translation
Our fathers sinned, they are not; we bore their iniquities.
King James 2000
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Our fathers have sinned, they are no more; we bear their iniquity.
Modern King James verseion
Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Our fathers, which now are gone, have sinned; and we must bear their wickedness.
NET Bible
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
New Heart English Bible
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; we have borne their iniquities.
The Emphasized Bible
Our fathers, sinned, and are not, and, we, their iniquities, have borne.
Webster
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
World English Bible
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.
Youngs Literal Translation
Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
Themes
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Heredity » General references to
Judgments » Inflicted upon » Posterity of sinners
Parents » Sins of, visited on their children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
6 We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food. 7 Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin. 8 Slaves rule over us, and no one delivers us from their control.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 16:12
You have done even more evil than your ancestors, and each one of you is stubbornly following his own evil desires, refusing to listen to me.
Jeremiah 31:29
"In those days people will no longer say, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have been set on edge.'
Ezekiel 18:2
"Why do you cite this proverb when you talk about Israel's land: "The fathers eat sour grapes but it's their children's teeth that have become numb.'
Genesis 42:13
"But your majesty," they pleaded, "your servants include twelve brothers, the sons of a common father back in the land of Canaan. Please! Our youngest brother remains with our father, and the other one is no longer alive."
Genesis 42:36
Their father Jacob told them, "You're causing me to lose my children! Joseph is gone. Now Simeon is gone, and you're planning to take Benjamin, too. Everything's going against me!"
Exodus 20:5
You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents on children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
Job 7:8
The eyes of the one who sees me won't see me anymore; your eyes will look for me but I won't be around!
Job 7:21
Why haven't you pardoned my transgression and taken away my iniquity? Now I'm about to lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I won't be around!"
Jeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, the guilt of our ancestors. Indeed, we have sinned against you.
Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter crying. Rachel is crying, and she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no longer alive."
Zechariah 1:5
"Your ancestors where are they? And the prophets do they live forever?
Matthew 23:32-36
Then finish what your ancestors started!