King James Version

Lamentations 5:8

Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

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עֲבָדִים֙avadimservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “servant”, the ordinary formH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.מָ֣שְׁלוּmashelvruleמָשַׁלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “rule”, a completed actionH4910to rule(have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.בָ֔נוּvanvinבָ֔נוּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “in”inפֹּרֵ֖קporeqbreakפָּרַקverb, qal, participle, absolute — “break”, a verb used as a describing wordH6561to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliverbreak (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “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).מִיָּדָֽםmiyadamfrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

Young’s Literal Translation

Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.

World English Bible

Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.

Darby Translation

Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.

Douay-Rheims

Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom us out of their hand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δοῦλοι ἐκυρίευσαν ἡμῶν, λυτρούμενος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν.