Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Her enemies
For the Lord has
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives before the adversary.
King James Version
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
Holman Bible
ה He
her enemies are at ease,
for the Lord has made her suffer
because of her many transgressions.
Her children have gone away
as captives before the adversary.
International Standard Version
Her adversaries dominate her, her enemies prosper. For the LORD has made her suffer because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away, taken into captivity in the presence of the enemy.
American Standard Version
Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
Amplified
Her adversaries have become her masters,
Her enemies prosper;
For the Lord has caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her young children have gone
Into captivity before the enemy.
Bible in Basic English
Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.
Darby Translation
Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
Julia Smith Translation
Her adversaries were for head, her enemies were secure; for Jehovah afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children went into captivity before the face of him pressing.
King James 2000
Her adversaries have become the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Her foes have become [her] {master}, her enemies are at ease; Yahweh has made her suffer because of the greatness of her transgressions. Her children have gone away, captive before the foe.
Modern King James verseion
Her enemies have become as chief; her haters are at ease; for Jehovah has afflicted her for the multitude of her sins. Her children have gone, captive before the enemy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{He} Her enemies have been rulers over her, and have prospered: because the LORD hath chastened her for her great wickedness. Her children are led away captive before their enemy.
NET Bible
(He) Her foes subjugated her; her enemies are at ease. For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. Her children went away captive before the enemy.
New Heart English Bible
Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.
The Emphasized Bible
Her adversaries have become chief, her foes, are at ease, for, Yahweh, hath grieved her, because of the multitude of her transgressions, - Her children, have gone into captivity, before the adversary.
Webster
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
World English Bible
Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
Youngs Literal Translation
Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease, For Jehovah hath afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions, Her infants have gone captive before the adversary.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Lamentations 1:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Desolate City
4
Because
All her gates are
Her priests are groaning,
Her
And she herself
Her enemies
For the Lord has
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives before the adversary.
Has departed from the daughter of Zion;
Her princes have become like deer
That have found no pasture;
And they have
Before the pursuer.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 90:7-8
And by Your wrath we have been
Jeremiah 30:14-15
They do not seek you;
For I have
With the
Because your
And your
Jeremiah 39:9
As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the
Ezekiel 8:17-18
He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have
Ezekiel 9:9
Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is
Leviticus 26:15-46
if, instead, you
Deuteronomy 4:25-27
“When you
Deuteronomy 28:15-68
“
Deuteronomy 29:18-28
Deuteronomy 31:16-18
The Lord said to Moses, “Behold,
Deuteronomy 31:29
For I know that after my death you will
Deuteronomy 32:15-27
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—
And scorned
2 Chronicles 36:14-16
Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 9:33-34
For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
Psalm 80:6
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalm 89:42
You have
Isaiah 63:18
Our adversaries have
Jeremiah 5:3-9
You have
But they did not
You have consumed them,
But they
They have
They have refused to repent.
Jeremiah 5:29
‘On a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?’
Jeremiah 12:7
I have abandoned My inheritance;
I have given the
Into the hand of her enemies.
Jeremiah 23:14
The committing of
And they strengthen the hands of
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become to Me like
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 44:21-22
“As for the
Jeremiah 52:27-30
Then the king of Babylon
Lamentations 1:18
For I have
Hear now, all peoples,
And
Have gone into captivity.
Lamentations 2:17
He has accomplished His word
Which He commanded from days of old.
He has thrown down
And He has caused the enemy to
He has
Lamentations 3:39-43
Offer
Lamentations 3:46
Ezekiel 22:24-31
“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is
Daniel 9:7-16
“
Micah 3:9-12
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who
And twist everything that is straight,
Micah 7:8-10
Though I fall I will
Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a
Zephaniah 3:1-8
The