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Lamentations 5:2-4
New International Reader's Version
Lamentations 5:2-4
New International Reader's Version
2 The land you gave us has been turned over to outsiders.
Our homes have been given to strangers.
3 Our fathers have been killed.
Our mothers don’t have husbands.
4 We have to buy the water we drink.
We have to pay for the wood we use.
Lamentations 5:2-4
New King James Version
Lamentations 5:2-4
New King James Version
2 (A)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (B)widows.
4 We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
Lamentations 5:2-4
English Standard Version
Lamentations 5:2-4
English Standard Version
2 (A)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
Lamentations 5:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Lamentations 5:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliens.
3 We are fatherless, even without father, and our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunk our [a]water for money, and our wood is sold unto us.
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- Lamentations 5:4 Meaning, their extreme servitude and bondage.
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