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Lamentations 5:16

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

KJV

Cecidit corona capitis nostri : væ nobis, quia peccavimus !

Vulgate

ἔπεσεν ὁ στέφανος ἡμῶν τῆς κεφαλῆς. οὐαὶ δὴ ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν.

LXX

The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

ASV

נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔/נוּ אֽוֹי נָ֥א לָ֖/נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹי
'vy
particle · 24×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עֲטֶ֣רֶת
'trt
noun · 23×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 1:10 — So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have broug
  • 2Sam 1:19 — The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
  • Ezek 28:15 — Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
  • Hos 7:13 — Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
  • Hos 14:1 — O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
  • Isa 3:9 — The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
  • Jer 3:25 — We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD o
  • Jer 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
  • Job 19:9 — He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
  • Job 19:9 — He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
  • Lam 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
  • Lam 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
  • Lam 4:13 — For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
  • Mic 1:5 — For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusale
  • Ps 38:10 — My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
  • Ps 89:39 — Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
  • Ps 89:39 — Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.