Lamentations 5:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
American King James Version (AKJV)
The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
American Standard Version (ASV)
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
Webster's Revision
The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
World English Bible
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Definitions for Lamentations 5:16
Clarke's Lamentations 5:16 Bible Commentary
The crown is fallen from our head - At feasts, marriages, etc., they used to crown themselves with garlands of flowers; all festivity of this kind was now at an end. Or it may refer to their having lost all sovereignty, being made slaves.
Barnes's Lamentations 5:16 Bible Commentary
Literally, "The crown of our head is fallen," i. e. what was our chief ornament and dignity is lost; the independence of the nation, and all that gave them rank and honor.
Wesley's Lamentations 5:16 Bible Commentary
5:16 The crown - All our honour, splendor and dignity.