Parallel Verses
Amplified
The joy of our hearts has ended;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
New American Standard Bible
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
King James Version
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Holman Bible
our dancing has turned to mourning.
International Standard Version
The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.
A Conservative Version
The joy of our heart is ceased, our dance is turned into mourning.
American Standard Version
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Bible in Basic English
The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.
Darby Translation
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Julia Smith Translation
The joy of our heart ceased; our dance was turned to mourning.
King James 2000
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The joy of our hearts has stopped; our circle-dancing has changed to a mourning ceremony.
Modern King James verseion
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The joy of our heart is gone, our merry query is turned into mourning.
NET Bible
Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.
New Heart English Bible
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.
The Emphasized Bible
Ceased hath the joy of our hearts, Changed to mourning, our dance.
Webster
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
World English Bible
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
Themes
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Interlinear
Leb
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
14
Elders are gone from the gate;
Young men from their music.
The joy of our hearts has ended;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is covered with dust]!
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Names
Cross References
Amos 8:10
“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning
And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);
And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s
And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].
And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],
And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.
Psalm 30:11
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Jeremiah 25:10
Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones [grinding meal] and the light of the lamp [to light the night].
Amos 6:4-7
Those who lie on [luxurious] beds of ivory
And lounge around out on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
James 4:9-10
Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.