Lamentations 5:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”
Lamentations 5:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 5:15 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Lamentations 5:15 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Lamentations 5:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.”
Lamentations 5:15 — World English Bible
Lamentations 5:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.”
Lamentations 5:15 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 5:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.”
Lamentations 5:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 5:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”
Lamentations 5:15 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 5:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.”
Lamentations 5:15 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 5:15 in Context — Lamentations 5
13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
What Does Lamentations 5:15 Mean?
Lamentations 5:15 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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