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Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

KJV

Defecit gaudium cordis nostri ; versus est in luctum chorus noster.

Vulgate

κατέλυσεν χαρὰ καρδίας ἡμῶν, ἐστράφη εἰς πένθος ὁ χορὸς ἡμῶν,

LXX

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

ASV

שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔/נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְ/אֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖בֶל
'bl
noun · 24×
הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙
hshbty
verb · 71×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
י
y
noun · 591×
מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ
mshvsh
verb · 17×
מָח֑וֹל
mchvl
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an onl
  • Jas 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
  • Jer 25:10 — Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
  • Job 30:31 — My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.