Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
abandoned us for our entire lives?
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?
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
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
19
Your throne endures from generation to generation.
abandoned us for our entire lives?
renew our days as in former times,
Cross References
Psalm 13:1
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalm 44:24
and forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalm 74:1
A Maskil of Asaph.
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalm 77:7-10
and never again show favor?
Psalm 79:5
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
Psalm 85:5
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?
Psalm 89:46
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Psalm 94:3-4
Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?
Isaiah 64:9-12
or remember our iniquity forever.
Please look—all of us are Your people!
Jeremiah 14:19-21
Do You detest
Why do You strike us
with no hope of healing for us?
We hoped for peace,
but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing,
but there was only terror.