Lamentations 5:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ 1 They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ We are orphans and fatherless, Our mothers are as widows.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

³ We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

Common English Bible

³ We have become orphans, having no father; our mothers are like widows.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.

Lamentations 5:3 Cross References

Exodus 22:23

6 If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.

Exodus 22:24

7 For that same is the only thing wherewith he is covered, the clothing of his body, neither hath he any other to sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.

Jeremiah 15:8

6 Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom, but the valley of slaughter.

Hosea 14:3

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land: did this ever happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?