Lamentations 5 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Darby Translation

Lamentations 5

¹Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

²Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

³We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

⁴We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

⁵Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

⁶We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

⁷Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

⁸Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

⁹We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

¹⁰Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

¹¹They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹²Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

¹³The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

¹⁴The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

¹⁵The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

¹⁶The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

¹⁷For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

¹⁸For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

¹⁹Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

²⁰Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time?

²¹Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

²²But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

Lamentations 5

¹Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.

²Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

³We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

⁴Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.

⁵Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.

⁶We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

⁷Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.

⁸Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.

⁹We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.

¹⁰Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.

¹¹They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.

¹²Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.

¹³The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.

¹⁴The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

¹⁵The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

¹⁶The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!

¹⁷For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

¹⁸Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.

¹⁹Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.

²⁰Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

²¹Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

²²Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?