Lamentations 5:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”

Lamentations 5:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 5:8 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 5:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 5:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.”

Lamentations 5:8 — World English Bible

Lamentations 5:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.”

Lamentations 5:8 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.”

Lamentations 5:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.”

Lamentations 5:8 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 5:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.”

Lamentations 5:8 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 5:8 in Context — Lamentations 5

6 Nós nos rendemos aos egípcios e aos assírios para nos saciarmos de pão.

7 Nossos pais pecaram, e não existem mais; porém nós levamos seus castigos.

8 Servos passaram a nos dominar; ninguém há que [nos] livre de suas mãos.

9 Com risco de vida trazemos nosso pão, por causa da espada do deserto.

10 Nossa pele se tornou negra como um forno, por causa do ardor da fome.

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What Does Lamentations 5:8 Mean?

Lamentations 5:8 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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