# Lamentations 5.21

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**Book:** [Lamentations](/codex/lamentations/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 19. Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation. 20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
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> **21. Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.**
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> 22. But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us. (Lamentations 5:19-22, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 19. You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. 20. Why do you forget us forever, And forsake us so long time?
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> **21. Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we shall be turned. Renew our days as of old.**
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> 22. But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us. (Lamentations 5:19-22, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 19. Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? <sup>so: Heb. for length of days?</sup>
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> **21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.**
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> 22. But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. <sup>But: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?</sup> (Lamentations 5:19-22, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 19. Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation. 20. Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
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> **21. Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.**
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> 22. For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us, exceedingly? (Lamentations 5:19-22, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H7725 - shuv](/codex/h7725-shuv/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.