Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
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;
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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.
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 submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat. 7 Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment. 8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 16:12
And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me.
Jeremiah 31:29
"When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.'
Ezekiel 18:2
"What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, "'The fathers eat sour grapes And the children's teeth become numb?'
Genesis 42:13
They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive."
Genesis 42:36
Their father Jacob said to them, "You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me."
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
Job 7:8
The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
Job 7:21
And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."
Jeremiah 14:20
Lord, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.
Jeremiah 31:15
The Lord says, "A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone."
Zechariah 1:5
"As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?
Matthew 23:32-36
Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!