Lamentations 5:6 - American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians [merely] to get food to satisfy [our hunger].

Common English Bible

⁶ We held out a hand to Egypt and to Assyria, to get sufficient food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.

English Standard Version 2016

⁶ We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough.

Lamentations 5:6 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

2 Kings 10:15

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

Isaiah 57:9

And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

Jeremiah 2:18

And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:36

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Jeremiah 50:15

Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Ezekiel 17:18

For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

Hosea 7:11

And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in Jehovah’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.