Lectionary Calendar
Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Lamentations 5:3
We are orphanes and fatherlesse, our mothers are as widowes.
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Christian Standard Bible®
We have become orphans, fatherless;our mothers are widows.
We have become orphans, fatherless;our mothers are widows.
Hebrew Names Version
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
King James Version
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
English Standard Version
We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
New American Standard Bible
We have become orphans, without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans, without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
New Century Version
We are like orphans with no father; our mothers are like widows.
We are like orphans with no father; our mothers are like widows.
Amplified Bible
We have become orphans without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
World English Bible
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
Geneva Bible (1587)
We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.
We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
Legacy Standard Bible
We have become orphans without a father;Our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans without a father;Our mothers are like widows.
Berean Standard Bible
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
Contemporary English Version
We are like children whose mothers are widows.
We are like children whose mothers are widows.
Complete Jewish Bible
We have become fatherless orphans, our mothers now are widows.
We have become fatherless orphans, our mothers now are widows.
Darby Translation
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Easy-to-Read Version
We have become orphans. We have no father. Our mothers have become like widows.
We have become orphans. We have no father. Our mothers have become like widows.
George Lamsa Translation
We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Good News Translation
Our fathers have been killed by the enemy, and now our mothers are widows.
Our fathers have been killed by the enemy, and now our mothers are widows.
Lexham English Bible
We have become orphans, fatherless, our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans, fatherless, our mothers are like widows.
Literal Translation
We are orphans. There is no father; our mothers are like widows.
We are orphans. There is no father; our mothers are like widows.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
We are become carefull and fatherlesse, and oure mothers are as the wydowes.
We are become carefull and fatherlesse, and oure mothers are as the wydowes.
American Standard Version
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
Bible in Basic English
We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.
We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
We are become carefull and fatherlesse, and our mothers are as the wydowes.
We are become carefull and fatherlesse, and our mothers are as the wydowes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows.
we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows.
English Revised Version
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
We ben maad fadirles children with out fadir; oure modris ben as widewis.
We ben maad fadirles children with out fadir; oure modris ben as widewis.
Update Bible Version
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
Webster's Bible Translation
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
New English Translation
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.
New King James Version
We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.
New Living Translation
We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.
We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.
New Life Bible
We have lost our fathers. Our mothers are like those who have lost their husbands.
We have lost our fathers. Our mothers are like those who have lost their husbands.
New Revised Standard
We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Orphans, have we become, and fatherless, our mothers, are widows indeed.
Orphans, have we become, and fatherless, our mothers, are widows indeed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
Revised Standard Version
We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
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.
Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
Contextual Overview
1 Remember, O Lord, what is come vpon vs: consider and beholde our reproch. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliants. 3 We are orphanes and fatherlesse, our mothers are as widowes. 4 We haue drunken our water for money, our wood is sold vnto vs. 5 Our neckes are vnder persecution: we labour and haue no rest. 6 We haue giuen the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers haue sinned and are not, and wee haue borne their iniquities. 8 Seruants haue ruled ouer vs: there is none that doeth deliuer vs out of their hand. 9 We gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse. 10 Our skinne was blacke like an ouen, because of the terrible famine.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 22:24, Jeremiah 18:21, Hosea 14:3
Reciprocal: Psalms 109:9 - General Jeremiah 6:12 - And their John 14:18 - comfortless
Cross-References
Genesis 4:25
And Adam knew his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, & called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed mee another seed in stead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And Adam knew his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, & called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed mee another seed in stead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 5:2
Male and female created hee them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Male and female created hee them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:3
And Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a sonne in his owne likenesse, after his image; and called his name Seth.
And Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a sonne in his owne likenesse, after his image; and called his name Seth.
Genesis 5:14
And al the dayes of Cainan were nine hundred & ten yeres; and he died.
And al the dayes of Cainan were nine hundred & ten yeres; and he died.
Genesis 5:16
And Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iared, eight hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
And Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iared, eight hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a cleane thing out of an vncleane? not one.
Who can bring a cleane thing out of an vncleane? not one.
Job 25:4
How then can man bee iustified with God? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?
How then can man bee iustified with God? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquitie: and in sinne did my mother conceiue me.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquitie: and in sinne did my mother conceiue me.
Luke 1:35
And the Angel answered and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the Highest shall ouershadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall bee called the sonne of God.
And the Angel answered and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the Highest shall ouershadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall bee called the sonne of God.
John 3:6
That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh, and that which is borne of the spirit, is spirit.
That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh, and that which is borne of the spirit, is spirit.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
We are orphans and fatherless,.... In every sense; in a natural sense, their fathers having been cut off by the sword, famine, or pestilence; in a civil sense, their king being taken from them; and in a religious sense, God having forsaken them for their sins:
our mothers [are] as widows; either really so, their husbands being dead; or were as if they had no husbands, they not being able to provide for them, protect and deferred them. The Targum adds,
"whose husbands are gone to the cities of the sea, and it is doubtful whether they are alive.''
Some understand this politically, of their cities being desolate and defenceless.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Our mothers are as widows - The particle “as” suggests that the whole verse is metaphorical. Our distress and desolation is comparable only to that of fatherless orphans or wives just bereaved of their husbands.
