Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
We gave the hand to Egypt, to Assur, to be filled with bread.
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.
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 Upon our necks were we pursued: we labored and no rest to us. 6 We gave the hand to Egypt, to Assur, to be filled with bread. 7 Our fathers sinned, they are not; we bore their iniquities.
Cross References
Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in the land of Jehovah; and Ephraim turned back to Egypt, and in Assur they shall eat the unclean thing.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim fed upon the wind, and he pursued the east wind: all the day he multiplied falsehood and destruction; and they will cut out a covenant with Assur, and oil will be brought to Egypt
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham will say to the old man of his house ruling over all which is to him, Put now thy hand under my thigh.
2 Kings 10:15
And he will go from thence and find Jehonadab son of Rechab at his meeting: and he will bless him, and say to him, Is thy heart straight, as my heart with thy heart? and Jehonadab will say. It is. And it is, give me thy hand. And he will give his hand; and he will bring him up to him in the chariot
Isaiah 30:1-6
Wo to sons turning aside, says Jehovah, to make counsel and not from me; and to cover a covering, and not my spirit so as to add sin upon sin:
Isaiah 31:1-3
Wo to those going down to Egypt for help; and they will look upon horses, and trust upon chariots, because they are many; and upon horsemen because they were strong greatly; and they looked not upon the Holy One of Israel, and sought not Jehovah.
Isaiah 57:9
And thou wilt pour out for the king with oil and thou wilt increase thy perfumes, and thou wilt send thy messengers even from far off, and thou wilt be made low, even to hades.
Jeremiah 2:18
And now what to thee for the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Sihor? and what to thee to the way of Amur, to drink the water of the river?
Jeremiah 2:36
Why wilt thou despise greatly to do the second time thy way? also thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt as thou wert ashamed of Assur.
Jeremiah 44:12-14
And I took the remainder of Judah, that set their faces to go to the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they were all consumed in the land of Egypt; they shall fall by the sword and by famine: they shall be consumed from small and even to great, by the sword and by famine: they shall die, and they were for an oath, and for a, desolation, and for a curse, and for a reproach.
Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her round about: she gave her hand: her supports fell, her walls were pulled down: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: avenge ye upon her; as she did, do ye to her.
Ezekiel 17:18
And he despised the oath to break the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand, and doing all these he shall not escape.
Hosea 5:13
And Ephraim will see his disease and Judah his wound, and Ephraim will go to Assur, and he will send to king Jareb: and he will not be able to heal for you, and he will not remove from you the wound.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim will be as an enticed dove, not a heart: they called Egypt, they went to Assur.