Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
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?
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 Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation. 20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days! 21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
Cross References
Psalm 13:1
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?
Psalm 44:24
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
Psalm 74:1
An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
Psalm 77:7-10
To the ages doth the Lord cast off? Doth He add to be pleased no more?
Psalm 79:5
Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
Psalm 85:5
To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?
Psalm 89:46
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
Psalm 94:3-4
Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
Isaiah 64:9-12
Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people are we all.
Jeremiah 14:19-21
Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror.