Lamentations 5:5
“Our neckes are vnder persecution: we labour and haue no rest.”
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Lamentations 5:5 Context
3We are orphanes and fatherlesse, our mothers are as widowes. 4We haue drunken our water for money, our wood is sold vnto vs. 5Our neckes are vnder persecution: we labour and haue no rest. 6We haue giuen the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7Our fathers haue sinned and are not, and wee haue borne their iniquities.
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Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
- King James Version
Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.
- Basic English Bible
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
- Darby Bible
Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest.
- Webster's Bible
Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
- World English Bible
For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
- Youngs Literal Bible
To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible