American Standard Version
"Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities. "
— Lamentations 5:7, American Standard Version
“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”
“Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.”
“Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.”
“Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.”
“Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.”
“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”
We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.