Verse Comparison: Lamentations 5:3
American Standard Version
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
Amplified® Bible
We have become orphans and fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
Contemporary English Version
We are like children whose mothers are widows.
Darby English Version
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Good News Bible
Our fathers have been killed by the enemy, and now our mothers are widows.
King James Version
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
New American Standard Bible
We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
New International Version
We have become orphans and fatherless,
our mothers like widows.
New King James Version
We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like widows.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers have become like widows.
Revised Standard Version
We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
Young's Literal Translation
Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers `are' as widows.