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Lamentations 5:20

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

KJV

Quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri, derelinques nos in longitudine dierum ?

Vulgate

ἵνα τί εἰς νῖκος ἐπιλήσῃ ἡμῶν; καταλείψεις ἡμᾶς εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν;

LXX

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time?

ASV

לָ֤/מָּה לָ/נֶ֨צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔/נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖/נוּ לְ/אֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 95×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
נֶ֑צַח
ntsch
noun · 43×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 2:6 — Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers
  • Jer 14:19 — Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behol
  • Job 7:21 — And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Mark 15:34 — And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 44:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?