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Lamentations 5:7
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KJ21
Our fathers have sinned, and are no more; and we have borne their iniquities.
ASV
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
AMP
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have carried their sin.
AMPC
Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities.
BRG
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
CSB
Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
CSBA
Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
CEB
Our fathers have sinned and are gone, but we are burdened with their iniquities.
CJB
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist; we bear the weight of their guilt.
CEV
Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead, and we are left to pay for their sins.
DARBY
Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
DRA
Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
ERV
Our ancestors sinned against you, and now they are dead. And we are suffering because of their sins.
EASY
Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead. Now we have the troubles that you caused because of them. You punished us because of their sin.
EHV
Our fathers sinned. They are no more, and we have borne their guilt.
ESV
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
ESVUK
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
EXB
Our ·ancestors [fathers] sinned against you, but they are ·gone [L no more]; now we ·suffer because of their sins [L bear their iniquity].
GNV
Our fathers have sinned, and are not, and we have borne their iniquities.
GW
Our ancestors sinned. Now they are gone, ⌞but⌟ we have to take the punishment for their wickedness.
GNT
Our ancestors sinned, but now they are gone, and we are suffering for their sins.
HCSB
Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
ICB
Our ancestors sinned against you. But they are gone. Now we must suffer because of their sins.
ISV
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.
JUB
Our fathers have sinned and are dead; and we have borne their chastisements.
KJV
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
AKJV
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
LSB
Our fathers sinned; they are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
LEB
Our fathers have sinned, they are no more; we bear their iniquity.
TLB
Our fathers sinned but died before the hand of judgment fell. We have borne the blow that they deserved!
MSG
“Remember, God, all we’ve been through. Study our plight, the black mark we’ve made in history. Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers. Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows. We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price. We’re nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest. We sold ourselves to Assyria and Egypt just to get something to eat. Our parents sinned and are no more, and now we’re paying for the wrongs they did. Slaves rule over us; there’s no escape from their grip. We risk our lives to gather food in the bandit-infested desert. Our skin has turned black as an oven, dried out like old leather from the famine. Our wives were raped in the streets in Zion, and our virgins in the cities of Judah. They hanged our princes by their hands, dishonored our elders. Strapping young men were put to women’s work, mere boys forced to do men’s work. The city gate is empty of wise elders. Music from the young is heard no more. All the joy is gone from our hearts. Our dances have turned into dirges. The crown of glory has toppled from our head. Woe! Woe! Would that we’d never sinned! Because of all this we’re heartsick; we can’t see through the tears. On Mount Zion, wrecked and ruined, jackals pace and prowl. And yet, God, you’re sovereign still, your throne intact and eternal. So why do you keep forgetting us? Why dump us and leave us like this? Bring us back to you, God—we’re ready to come back. Give us a fresh start. As it is, you’ve cruelly disowned us. You’ve been so very angry with us.”
MEV
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their iniquities.
NOG
Our ancestors sinned. Now they are gone, but we have to take the punishment for their wickedness.
NABRE
Our ancestors, who sinned, are no more; but now we bear their guilt.
NASB
Our fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.
NASB1995
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
NCB
Our ancestors who sinned are no longer alive, but we bear the burden of their guilt.
NCV
Our ancestors sinned against you, but they are gone; now we suffer because of their sins.
NET
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
NIRV
Our people of long ago sinned. And they are now dead. We are being punished because of their sins.
NIV
Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
NIVUK
Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
NKJV
Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.
NLV
Our fathers sinned, and are no more, and we have suffered for their sins.
NLT
Our ancestors sinned, but they have died— and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
NRSVA
Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
NRSVACE
Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
NRSVCE
Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
NRSVUE
Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
OJB
Avoteinu have sinned, and are no more; and we have borne their iniquities.
RGT
Our fathers have sinned, and are no more, but we have borne their iniquities.
RSV
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
RSVCE
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
TLV
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
VOICE
Our fathers sinned and got us into this. Now they’ve passed on, and we suffer for it and bear their deeds.
WEB
Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
WYC
Our fathers sinned, and be not, and we bare the wickednesses of them (Our forefathers sinned, and be not, and we carry their wickednesses.)
YLT
Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
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