Lamentations 5:5

NETBible	We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks;¹ we are weary and have no rest.²
NIV © biblegateway Lam 5:5	Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:5	Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
NLT © biblegateway Lam 5:5	Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.
MSG © biblegateway Lam 5:5	We're nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 5:5	Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 5:5	With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 5:5	They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.
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KJV	Our necks <06677> [are] under persecution <07291> (8738)_: we labour <03021> (8804)_, [and] have no rest <05117> (8717)_. {Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:5	Our pursuers <07291> are at our necks <06677> ; We are worn <03021> out, there is no <03808> rest <05117> for us.
LXXM	epi <1909> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM trachlon <5137> N-ASM hmwn <1473> P-GP ediwcyhmen {V-API-1P} ekopiasamen {V-AAI-1P} ouk <3364> ADV anepauyhmen <373> V-API-1P
NET [draft] ITL	We are pursued <07291> – they are breathing down our necks <06677> ; we are weary <03021> and have no <03808> rest <05117> .
HEBREW	wnl <0> xnwh <05117> *alw {al} <03808> wnegy <03021> wnpdrn <07291> wnrawu <06677> le (5:5) <05921>

NETBible

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

NET Notes

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

²sn 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