Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Turn thou us back to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned back. Renew our days as of old.
New American Standard Bible
Renew
King James Version
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Holman Bible
renew our days as in former times,
International Standard Version
Restore us to yourself, LORD, so that we may return. Renew our days as before,
American Standard Version
Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
Amplified
Return us to You, O Lord, so that we may be restored;
Renew our days as of old,
Bible in Basic English
Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.
Darby Translation
Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Julia Smith Translation
Turn us back, O Jehovah, to thee, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
King James 2000
Turn us back to you, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Restore us to you, O Yahweh, that we will be restored; renew our days as of old.
Modern King James verseion
Return us to You, O Jehovah, and we will turn; renew our days as of old,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O LORD, turn thou us unto thee: and so shall we be turned. Renew our days as in old time,
NET Bible
Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,
New Heart English Bible
Restore us to you, LORD, and we shall be restored; renew our days as in former times,
The Emphasized Bible
Bring us back, O Yahweh, unto thyself, and we will come back! Renew our days, as of old;
Webster
Turn thou us to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
World English Bible
Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we shall be turned. Renew our days as of old.
Youngs Literal Translation
Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:21
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Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
20 Why do thou forget us forever, [and] forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us back to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned back. Renew our days as of old. 22 But thou have utterly rejected us. Thou are very angry against us.
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Cross References
Psalm 80:3
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying], Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God.
Psalm 80:7
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalm 80:19
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
1 Kings 18:37
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou, LORD, are God, and [that] thou have turned their heart back again.
Psalm 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shall be built, O virgin of Israel. Again thou shall be adorned with thy tambourine, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
Jeremiah 31:23-25
Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof when I shall bring again their captivity: LORD bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of
Jeremiah 32:39-40
And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their sons after them.
Jeremiah 33:10
Thus says LORD: Yet again there shall be heard in this place--of which ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inh
Jeremiah 33:13
In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the han
Ezekiel 11:19-20
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,
Ezekiel 36:25-27
And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols.
Ezekiel 36:37
Thus says lord LORD: For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. I will increase them with men like a flock.
Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid. O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath remember mercy.
Zechariah 8:3-6
Thus says LORD: I am returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth, and the mountain of LORD of hosts, The holy mountain.
Malachi 3:4
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasant to LORD, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.