Lamentations 5:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Lamentations 5:3

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

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KJV

King James Version

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.

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WEB

World English Bible

We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.

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ASV

American Standard Version

We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Lamentations 5

¹ Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

² Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

³ We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

⁴ We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

⁵ We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

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