Lamentations 5:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Our pursuers are upon our necks: we are weary, and have no rest.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Our necks [are] under persecution: we labor, [and] have no rest.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Upon our necks, are our pursuers, We labour, and there is allowed us no rest.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured—there hath been no rest for us.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Our neckes [are] vnder persecution: we labour and haue no rest.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Our necks are under yokes; we labor, and have no rest.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. |
Our necks
6677 {6677} Primeצַוָּארtsavva'r{tsav-vawr'}
Intensive from H6696 in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound).
[ are] under
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
persecution:
7291 {7291} Primeרָדַףradaph{raw-daf'}
A primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by).
z8738 <8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 1429
we labour,
3021 {3021} Primeיָגַעyaga`{yaw-gah'}
A primitive root; properly to gasp; hence to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
[ and] have no rest.
5117 {5117} Primeנוּחַnuwach{noo'-akh}
A primitive root; to rest, that is, settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, intransitively, transitively and causatively (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.).
z8717 <8717> Grammar
Stem - Hophal (See H8825) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 123
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles. |
- Our necks are under persecution:
- Heb. On our necks are we persecuted,
Lamentations 1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise up.
Lamentations 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
Deuteronomy 28:65-66 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: ... And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Jeremiah 27:2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
Jeremiah 27:8 And it shall come to pass, [that] the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jeremiah 27:11-12 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. ... I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Jeremiah 28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Acts 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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- labour:
Nehemiah 9:36-37 Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it: ... And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.
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