Lamentations 5:20 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
English ASV
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
English Amplified
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives?
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
English EASY 2024
Why do you still forget about us? Why have you not come to help us for so long?
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
You seem to have forgotten us forever. You seem to have left us alone for such a long time.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Why have you abandoned us so long? Will you ever remember us again?
English God's Word - GW 1995
Why have you completely forgotten us? Why have you abandoned us for such a long time?
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Why have You forgotten us forever, abandoned us for [our] entire lives?
English KJV 1611
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
English LSB
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Why do You forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Why, then, should you forget us, abandon us so long a time?
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Why do you always forget us? Why have you deserted us for so long?
English NIV
Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
English NKJ 1982
Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
English NLT
Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you forsaken us for so long?
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Have you forgotten us forever? Why have you abandoned us for so long?
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Why dost thou forget us for ever, why dost thou so long forsake us?
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so long?
English Tyndale 1537
Wherefore wilt thou still forget us, and forsake us so long?