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.
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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