Lamentations 5:8

8 Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.

Lamentations 5:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us.
The Message Bible (MSG)
8 Slaves rule over us; there's no escape from their grip.
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Slaves rule us. There is no one to rescue us from them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
8 Slaves rule over us; no one rescues [us] from their hands.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 Slaves rule over us. No one can set us free from their powerful hands.

Lamentations 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:8

Servants have ruled over us
The Targum is,

``the sons of Ham, who were given to be servants to the sons of Shem, they have ruled over us;''
referring to the prophecy of Noah, ( Genesis 9:26 Genesis 9:27 ) ; or such as had been tributary to the Jews, as the Edomites; so Aben Ezra; the Babylon, an, are meant; and not the nobles and principal inhabitants only, but even their servants, had power and authority over the Jews and they were at their beck and command; which made their servitude the more disagreeable and intolerable: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand;
out of the hand of these servants.

Lamentations 5:8 In-Context

6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
8 Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.

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