Parallel Verses
Amplified
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is
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.
International Standard Version
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.
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.
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 have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is
Servants rule over us;
There is no one to rescue us out of their hand.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 16:12
and because you have done worse [things] than your fathers. Just look, every one of you walks in the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen [obediently] to Me.
Jeremiah 31:29
“In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Genesis 42:13
But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers [in all], the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; please listen: the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”
Genesis 42:36
Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me [by causing the loss] of my children. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin [from me]. All these things are [working] against me.”
Exodus 20:5
You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God [
Job 7:8
“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.
Job 7:21
“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”
Jeremiah 14:20
We know and acknowledge, O Lord,
Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the Lord,
“A
Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping.
Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are gone.”
Zechariah 1:5
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Matthew 23:32-36