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Lamentations Chapter 5 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Lamentations 5:5

Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
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BBE Lamentations 5:5

Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.
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DARBY Lamentations 5:5

Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
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KJV Lamentations 5:5

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
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WBT Lamentations 5:5

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WEB Lamentations 5:5

Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
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YLT Lamentations 5:5

For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Our necks are under persecution. Persecution is here compared to a yoke. But this rendering and explanation hardly suit the phrase, which rather means, "We are pursued close upon our necks." The harassing conduct of the Babylonian conquerors is compared to the pursuit of a foe fast gaining upon a fugitive.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Our necks are under persecution.--Better, were under pursuit: i.e., the enemies were pressing close on them, always, as in our English phrase, at their very heels.