Lamentations 5:15 “Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.”

Lamentations 5:15

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

World English Bible

The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.

American Standard Version

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

Geneva Bible 1599

The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

Darby Translation

The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Young's Literal Translation

Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

Bible in Basic English

The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

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Cross references

“our dance”

Amos 8:10 Psalm 30:11 Amos 6:4–7 James 4:9 James 4:10

Amos 8:10 · BSB

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like…

Psalm 30:11 · BSB

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Amos 6:4–7 · BSB

You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

James 4:9 · BSB

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

James 4:10 · BSB

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Also

Jeremiah 25:10

Jeremiah 25:10 · BSB

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

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