Lamentations 5:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.”
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BSBPD
“Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 5:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 30:31My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
- Psalms 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
- Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
- James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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