Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Why do You forsake us
King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Holman Bible
abandoned us for our entire lives?
International Standard Version
So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long?
A Conservative Version
Why do thou forget us forever, [and] forsake us so long time?
American Standard Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
Amplified
Why do You forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us so long?
Bible in Basic English
Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
Darby Translation
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore wilt thou forget us forever? wilt thou forsake us to length of days?
King James 2000
Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why have you forgotten us forever? Why have you forsaken us {for so long}?
Modern King James verseion
Why do You forget us forever and forsake us the length of days?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore wilt thou still forget us, and forsake us so long?
NET Bible
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
New Heart English Bible
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore shouldst thou perpetually forget us? forsake us, to length of days?
Webster
Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
World English Bible
Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?
Youngs Literal Translation
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
Interlinear
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References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
19
Thou, O LORD, shall remain for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20
Why do You forsake us
Cross References
Psalm 13:1
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalm 44:24
Why dost thou hide thy face and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Psalm 74:1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalm 77:7-10
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Psalm 79:5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou extend thine anger from generation to generation?
Psalm 89:46
How long, O LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Psalm 94:3-4
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Isaiah 64:9-12
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever; behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Jeremiah 14:19-21
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath thy soul loathed Zion? Why didst thou cause us to be smitten when no healing remains for us? We waited for peace, and there was no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!