Lamentations
King James Version (KJV)
Lamentations 5:2
“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”
King James Version (KJV)
Lamentations 5:2 Context
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
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Other Translations
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliants.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.
- Basic English Bible
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
- Darby Bible
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
- Webster's Bible
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
- World English Bible
Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.
- Basic English Bible
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
- Darby Bible
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
- Webster's Bible
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
- World English Bible
Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Lamentations 5:2
5:3 We - We are all of us without a king, (our common father) we are deprived of thy fatherly protection, and many young children among us are left without an earthly parent.
5:4 Sold - Whereas at other times there was abundance of wood and water throughout Judea.