Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
KJV
Patres nostri peccaverunt, et non sunt : et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.
Vulgate
οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἥμαρτον, οὐχ ὑπάρχουσιν, ἡμεῖς τὰ ἀνομήματα αὐτῶν ὑπέσχομεν.
LXX
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
ASV
אֲבֹתֵ֤י/נוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אינ/ם וְ/אֵינָ֔/ם אנחנו וַ/אֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵי/הֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל
ystbl
verb · 9×
ם
m
noun · 230×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
- Ezek 18:2 — What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
- Ezek 18:2 — What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
- Ezek 18:19 — Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
- Gen 42:13 — And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
- Gen 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- 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 14:20 — We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
- Jer 16:12 — And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
- Jer 31:15 — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
- Jer 31:15 — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
- Jer 31:29 — In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Jer 31:29 — In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Job 7:8 — The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
- 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.
- Matt 23:32 — Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- Neh 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess
- Zech 1:2 — The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
- Zech 1:5 — Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?