Lamentations 5:8
Strong's Lexicon
Slaves
עֲבָדִים֙ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5650: 1) slave, servant 1a) slave, servant, man-servant 1b) subjects 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) 1e) servant (of Israel) 1f) servant (as form of address between equals)

rule over us;
מָ֣שְׁלוּ (mā·šə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4910: 1) to rule, have dominion, reign 1a) (Qal) to rule, have dominion 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rule 1b2) to exercise dominion

[there is] no one
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

to deliver us
פֹּרֵ֖ק (pō·rêq)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6561: 1) to tear apart or away, tear off, break away 1a) (Qal) to tear away, snatch, rescue 1b) (Piel) to tear off 1c) (Hithpael) to tear off from oneself, be broken off, be broken in pieces

from their hands.
מִיָּדָֽם׃ (mî·yā·ḏām)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

Young's Literal Translation
Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from their hands.

New American Standard Bible
Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

King James Bible
Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.

New Living Translation
Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us.

English Standard Version
Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.

New American Standard Bible
Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

King James Bible
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from their hands.

International Standard Version
Slaves rule over us, and no one delivers us from their control.

NET Bible
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.

American Standard Version
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

English Revised Version
Servants rule over us: there is none to deliver us out of their hand.

Young's Literal Translation
Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
















Cross References
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Psalm 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Zechariah 11:6
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

Lamentations 5:6
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Lamentations 5:5
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Lamentations 5:9
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

Lamentations 5:10
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

Lamentations 5:11
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
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