Parallel Verses
Amplified
Why do You forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us so long?
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?
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
Netsach
References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
19
But You, O Lord, reign forever;
Your throne endures from generation to [all] generations.
Why do You forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us so long?
Return us to You, O Lord, so that we may be restored;
Renew our days as of old,
Cross References
Psalm 13:1
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalm 44:24
Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
Psalm 74:1
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalm 77:7-10
Will the Lord reject forever?
And will He never be favorable again?
Psalm 79:5
How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?
Psalm 85:5
Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
Psalm 89:46
How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
Psalm 94:3-4
O Lord, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked rejoice in triumph?
Isaiah 64:9-12
Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord,
Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever.
Now look, consider, for we are all Your people.
Jeremiah 14:19-21
Have You [O Lord] completely rejected Judah?
Do You loathe Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace and completeness, but nothing good came;
And [we hoped] for a time of healing, but behold, terror!