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Lamentations 5:20

Lamentations chapter 5 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time?

Context

v.19Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

v.20This passage

v.21Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 89:46

    How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How longshall thy wrath burn like fire?

  • Psalms 94:3

    Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?

  • Psalms 13:1

    How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Psalms 44:24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • Isaiah 64:9

    Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

  • Psalms 79:5

    How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?