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Lamentations 5:5 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
World English Bible (WEB)
Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
| Our necks | עַ֤ל | ʿal | al |
| are under | צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ | ṣawwāʾrēnû | tsa-wa-RAY-NOO |
| persecution: | נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ | nirdāpĕnû | neer-DA-feh-noo |
| labour, we | יָגַ֖עְנוּ | yāgaʿnû | ya-ɡA-noo |
| and have no rest. | לֹ֥א | lōʾ | loh |
| הֽוּנַֽח | hûnaḥ | HOO-NAHK | |
| לָֽנוּ׃ | lānû | la-NOO |