Verse Comparison: Lamentations 5:5
American Standard Version
Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
Amplified® Bible
Our pursuers are upon our necks [like a yoke]; we are weary and are allowed no rest.
Contemporary English Version
We are terribly mistreated; we are worn out and can find no rest.
Darby English Version
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
Good News Bible
Driven hard like donkeys or camels, we are tired, but are allowed no rest.
King James Version
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
New American Standard Bible
Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
New International Version
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are weary and find no rest.
New King James Version
They pursue at our heels;
We labor and have no rest.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Our pursuers follow at our necks; We wear out , we have no rest .
Revised Standard Version
With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.
Young's Literal Translation
For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
