Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
King James Version
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Holman Bible
but we bear their punishment.
International Standard Version
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.
A Conservative Version
Our fathers sinned, and are not, and we have borne their iniquities.
American Standard Version
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
Amplified
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is
Bible in Basic English
Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.
Darby Translation
Our fathers have sinned, and they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
Julia Smith Translation
Our fathers sinned, they are not; we bore their iniquities.
King James 2000
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Our fathers have sinned, they are no more; we bear their iniquity.
Modern King James verseion
Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Our fathers, which now are gone, have sinned; and we must bear their wickedness.
NET Bible
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
New Heart English Bible
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; we have borne their iniquities.
The Emphasized Bible
Our fathers, sinned, and are not, and, we, their iniquities, have borne.
Webster
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
World English Bible
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.
Youngs Literal Translation
Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
Themes
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Heredity » General references to
Judgments » Inflicted upon » Posterity of sinners
Parents » Sins of, visited on their children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
6
We have given the hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread.
7
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 16:12
and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk each one after the imagination of his evil heart, not hearkening unto me:
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten the sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this saying concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Genesis 42:13
And they said, Thy slaves are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob, their father, said unto them, Ye have bereaved me of my sons: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; all these things are upon me.
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation of those that hate me
Job 7:8
The eyes of those that see me now shall not see me again; thine eyes shall be upon me, and I will cease to be.
Job 7:21
And why dost thou not take away my rebellion and pass over my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust; and if thou shalt seek me in the morning, I shall not be found.
Jeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus hath the LORD said; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her sons, she refused to be comforted regarding her sons, because they perished.
Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Matthew 23:32-36
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.