Lamentations 5:8

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Lamentations 5:8

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

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KJV

King James Version

Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.

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WEB

World English Bible

Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Lamentations 5

⁶ We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

⁷ Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

⁸ Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

⁹ We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

¹⁰ Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

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