Lamentations 5:5

NETBible

We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; 1  we are weary and have no rest. 2 

NIV ©

Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.

NASB ©

Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

NLT ©

Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.

MSG ©

We're nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest.

BBE ©

Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.

NRSV ©

With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.

NKJV ©

They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.

KJV
Our necks
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we labour
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[and] have no rest
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{Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}
NASB ©
Our pursuers
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are at our necks
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; We are worn
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out, there is no
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rest
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for us.
LXXM
epi
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PREP
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T-ASM
trachlon
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N-ASM
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P-GP
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ADV
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NET [draft] ITL
We are pursued
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– they are breathing down our necks
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; we are weary
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and have no
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rest
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HEBREW
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*alw {al}
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wnrawu
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NETBible

We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; 1  we are weary and have no rest. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “We are hard-driven on our necks”

2 sn For the theological allusion that goes beyond physical rest, see, e.g., Deut 12:10; 25:19; Josh 1:13; 11:23; 2 Sam 7:1, 11; 1 Chron 22:18; 2 Chron 14:6-7