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Lamentations 5:7

In Lamentations 5 of Lamentations.

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּavoteynvfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.חָֽטְאוּ֙chatevby faultחָטָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “by fault”, a completed actionH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.אינםynmelseאַיִןparticle, negative, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).וְאֵינָ֔םveeynamand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).אנחנוnchnvweאֲנַחְנוּpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, plural — “we”H587weourselves, us, we.וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּvaanachnvand weאֲנַחְנוּconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, plural — “and we”H587weourselves, us, we.עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥םaonoteyhemfaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.סָבָֽלְנוּsavalenvbe a burdenסָבַלverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “be a burden”, a completed actionH5445to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravidbear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

Young’s Literal Translation

Our fathers have sinned — they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

World English Bible

Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.

Darby Translation

Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.

Douay-Rheims

Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Our fathers sinned, and are not: we have borne their iniquities.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἥμαρτον, οὐχ ὑπάρχουσιν, ἡμεῖς τὰ ἀνομήματα αὐτῶν ὑπέσχομεν.

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