Lamentations 5:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”

Lamentations 5:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 5:2 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 5:2 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 5:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.”

Lamentations 5:2 — World English Bible

Lamentations 5:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens. ”

Lamentations 5:2 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.”

Lamentations 5:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. ”

Lamentations 5:2 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 5:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.”

Lamentations 5:2 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 5:2 in Context — Lamentations 5

1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

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What Does Lamentations 5:2 Mean?

Lamentations 5:2 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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