Parallel Verses
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.
International Standard Version
We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
5
Our necks are under persecution; we are become tired and have no rest.
6
Cross References
Hosea 9:3
They shall not remain in the land of the LORD; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt and to Assyria where they shall eat unclean food.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation because they made a covenant with the Assyrians, and the oil is carried into Egypt.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said unto his eldest slave of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,
2 Kings 10:15
And when he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab, the son of Rechab; and after he saluted him, he said to him, Is thy heart right as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it is, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
Isaiah 30:1-6
Woe to the sons that leave, saith the LORD, to make counsel, but not of me; to cover themselves with a covering, and not by my spirit, adding sin unto sin!
Isaiah 31:1-3
Woe to those that go down to Egypt for help; and trust in horses and place their hope in chariots because they are many and in horsemen, because they are valiant, but they did not look unto the Holy One of Israel, neither did they seek the LORD!
Isaiah 57:9
And thou didst go to the king with ointment and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.
Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt? to drink the waters of the Nile? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria? to drink the waters of the river Eufrates?
Jeremiah 2:36
Why dost thou talk so much, changing thy ways? Thou shalt also be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Jeremiah 44:12-14
And I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to dwell there, and they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be for an oath and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach.
Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her round about; she has given her hand; her foundations are fallen; her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD; take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do unto her.
Ezekiel 17:18
seeing he despised the oath to invalidate the covenant when, behold, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape.
Hosea 5:13
And Ephraim shall see his sickness and Judah his wound; then Ephraim shall go to the Assyrian and shall send to King Jareb; yet he shall not be able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim also was like a deceived dove, without understanding; they shall call to Egypt, they shall go to Assyria.