Lamentations 5:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.”

Lamentations 5:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 5:3 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 5:3 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 5:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.”

Lamentations 5:3 — World English Bible

Lamentations 5:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.”

Lamentations 5:3 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Orphans we have been--without a father, our mothers <FI>are<Fi> as widows.”

Lamentations 5:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.”

Lamentations 5:3 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 5:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.”

Lamentations 5:3 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 5:3 in Context — Lamentations 5

1 ACUÉRDATE, oh Jehová, de lo que nos ha sucedido: ve y mira nuestro oprobio.

2 Nuestra heredad se ha vuelto á extraños, nuestras casas á forasteros.

3 Huérfanos somos sin padre, nuestras madres como viudas.

4 Nuestra agua bebemos por dinero; nuestra leña por precio compramos.

5 Persecución padecemos sobre nuestra cerviz: nos cansamos, y no hay para nosotros reposo.

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What Does Lamentations 5:3 Mean?

Lamentations 5:3 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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