Lamentations 5:20
“Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?”
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Lamentations 5:20 Context
18Because of the mountaine of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walke vpon it. 19Thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne from generation to generation. 20Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time? 21Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned: renew our dayes as of old. 22But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art very wroth against vs.
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Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?
- King James Version
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, `And' forsake us so long time?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
- Basic English Bible
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
- Darby Bible
Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
- Webster's Bible
Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?
- World English Bible
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible