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Lamentations 1:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 3 Judah has gone into exile+ under affliction and harsh slavery.+
  
  She must dwell among the nations;+ she finds no resting-place.
  
  All her persecutors have overtaken her in her distress.

Lamentations 1:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 3 Judah has gone into exile because of the affliction+ and because of the abundance of servitude.+
  She herself has had to dwell among the nations.+ No resting-place has she found.
  All those who were persecuting* her have overtaken her among distressing circumstances.+

Lamentations 1:3

The Bible in Living English
- 3 * Judah has gone to an expatriate life because of destitution and overwork;
  she has settled among the nations but not found a resting-place;
  everybody who was hunting her down has come upon her in a tight place.

Lamentations 1:3

American Standard Version
- 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.

Lamentations 1:3

The Emphasized Bible
- 3 Carried away captive is Judah—Because of oppression and Because of great servitude, She hath remained among the nations, Hath found no place of rest,—All her pursuers have overtaken her between straits.

Lamentations 1:3

King James Version
- 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.