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Lamentations 1:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5 Her adversaries are now her master;* her enemies are carefree.+
  
  For Jehovah has brought grief to her because of her many transgressions.+
  
  Her children have gone into captivity before the adversary.+

Lamentations 1:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 Her adversaries are now her master;* her enemies are carefree.+
  
  For Jehovah has brought grief to her because of her many transgressions.+
  
  Her children have gone into captivity before the adversary.+

Lamentations 1:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 Her adversaries have become the head.+ Those who are her enemies are unconcerned.+
  Because Jehovah himself has brought grief to her on account of the abundance of her transgressions,+
  Her own children have walked captive before the adversary.+

Lamentations 1:5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 Her foes are in control, her enemies are untroubled,
  because Jehovah has reduced her to misery for her multitude of crimes.
  The children in her have gone into foreign slavery before the foe.

Lamentations 1:5

American Standard Version
- 5 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

Lamentations 1:5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 Her adversaries have become chief, Her foes are at ease, For Yahweh hath grieved her because of the multitude of her transgressions,—Her children have gone into captivity before the adversary.