Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Holman Bible
and with Assyria, to get enough food.
A Conservative Version
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
American Standard Version
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Amplified
We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Bible in Basic English
We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.
Darby Translation
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
Julia Smith Translation
We gave the hand to Egypt, to Assur, to be filled with bread.
King James 2000
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Lexham Expanded Bible
We have made a deal with Egypt [and] Assyria to be satisfied [with] food.
Modern King James verseion
We have given the hand to Egypt, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Afore time we yielded ourselves to the Egyptians, and now to the Assyrians, only that we might have bread enough.
NET Bible
We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat.
New Heart English Bible
We have submitted to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, to get enough bread.
The Emphasized Bible
To Egypt, have we stretched out our hand, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
Webster
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
World English Bible
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Youngs Literal Translation
To Egypt we have given a hand, To Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
Themes
Alliances » Ratification of » By giving the hand
Assyria » Israelites subject to
Topics
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Nathan
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Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
5 Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us. 6 We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food. 7 Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.
Cross References
Hosea 9:3
They will not live in the LORD's land Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
Hosea 12:1
"Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt.
Genesis 24:2
So Abraham instructed his servant, who was the oldest member of his household and in charge of everything he owned, "Make this solemn oath to me
2 Kings 10:15
After he left there, he encountered Rechab's son Jehonadab. After he greeted him, Jehu asked him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with yours?" "It is," Jehonadab answered.
Isaiah 30:1-6
"Oh, you stubborn children," declares the LORD, "who carry out plans but they are not mine, and who make alliances but not by my Spirit, piling sin upon sin.
Isaiah 31:1-3
"How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the chariot, because there are so many, and in charioteers, because they are so strong but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or seek the LORD!
Isaiah 57:9
You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!
Jeremiah 2:18
Now, what are you doing on the road to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? And what are you doing on the road to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
Jeremiah 2:36
Why do you go about changing your mind so much? You will also be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were disappointed by Assyria.
Jeremiah 44:12-14
I'll take the remnant of Judah that determined to go to the land of Egypt to settle there, and all of them will come to an end in the land of Egypt. They'll fall by the sword, and they'll come to an end by famine. They'll become a curse, an object of horror, ridicule, and scorn.
Jeremiah 50:15
Raise a battle cry against her on every side. She has surrendered, her pillars have fallen, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
Ezekiel 17:18
He despised the oath he had made and broke the covenant. Look! Because he willingly submitted, yet he has done all these things, he won't escape.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury.
Hosea 7:11
"Ephraim is also like a silly dove, lacking sense: They call out to Egypt, and turn toward Assyria.